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  From: Adam Smith <adam.smith@sageautomation.com>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 16:42:33 +1030

RE: [OT] Suspect XP transmissions

> XP has a nasty habit of "phoning home" whenever it sees a network
> connection
> active.

Aren't Microsoft not legally allowed to transmit data like that across the
Internet?  If they do, what port does it use?

I really find that kind of stuff outrageous.  Even with a legitimate copy of
XP it is no excuse -- perhaps we should start billing Microsoft for
bandwidth costs -- although I know that this has been brought up before, and
will be again :-)

> You will still get internal traffic happening however you are
> less likely to
> have a Microsoft BlackOps team drop in on you in the middle of the night .

It's not going to help, they have spies everywhere.  *Sweeps room for bugs*


Adam Smith
IT Officer
SAGE Automation Ltd

adam.smith@sageautomation.com
http://www.sageautomation.com

"Computers are like air-conditioners; they don't work when you open
Windows."





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