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Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nicholas Weaver)
Thu Sep 11 18:23:22 2003
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:36:42 -0700
From: Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@CS.berkeley.edu>
To: Stefan Esser <s.esser@e-matters.de>
Cc: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Message-ID: <20030911153642.B2898@ring.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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In-Reply-To: <20030911183039.GA18113@php.net>; from s.esser@e-matters.de on Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 08:30:39PM +0200
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 08:30:39PM +0200, Stefan Esser composed:
> Hi,
>
> well it finally happened. I came back home after work, connected my
> XBOX to the internet and went into the XBOX-Live menu configuration.
> Well what happened. The XBOX started automaticly downloading the new
> crappy XBOX-Live dashboard, which is of course fixed.
>
> This is IMHO an act of computer sabotage. I have never allowed MS
> to modify my dashboard or to auto update my dashboard.
>
> Is any lawyer on the list who can point me to the right paragraphs?
> I do not believe this computer sabotage is legal in any european
> country.
Read the End User Liscence Agreement that you agreed to with the X-box
(its probably somewhere in the box).
Dollars-to-doughnuts says that Microsoft maintains the right to
update/change the software regardless of your wishes.
All your Rights are belong to Bill (tm)
--
Nicholas C. Weaver nweaver@cs.berkeley.edu
