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Originally posted by Unit 5302
I wouldn't be the least bit suprised if Macintosh software did the exact same thing.
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I know you wouldn't.
srv1-
Dude, this wasn't meant as a Mac vs. PC thread. I was just shocked when I read that. The article said they were notifying users, so I figured you guys might have already known about it. The thing I find even scarier is how so many people just accept it. Oh well, we don't need any privacy anyway, right? I mean, if this keeps up, we won't need passwords, virus software (PC guys), or anything to "protect" us. Think of the money and time we'll save! Sky is right in that there is much more to this than they are admitting to. AOL did something similar a couple years ago, but it was designed more torwards corrupting your software rather than learning everything about you.
Sky-
I've got to admit, XP is the best interface I've seen yet from Microsoft. It's no OS X, but it's a step in the right direction. I just can't accept the fact that MS is tracking what it's users do, in the "privacy" of their own homes. I think it's kind of ironic how just a month ago, the FBI released an official warning to all XP users about the system having seriously flawed secuity issues, and then finding out that MS is spying on you anyway. I guess MS is still above the law.
Speaking of XP, I have a question for you. When I got home from working on the Sprint car in Moorpark yesterday, I got a call from a neighbor who said that her 6 day old XP equipped HP computer was "broken", and could I come look at it. It gave a blue warning screen (not the BSOD) and suggested restarting for the last known good start, or whatever. I tried several times, and could not get it to start properly. I couldn't get into the BIOS, or safe mode. I was able to get the various options for safe mode, but none of them would work. It either returned to the blue screen, or listed dozens of files, and then the blue screen. I didn't have a start-up disk to start from, so I left it as it was. Any thoughts?
Take care,
-Chris