July 5, 200718 yr Are you using Windows Vista? Then you might as well know that the licensed operating system installed on your machine is harvesting a healthy volume of information for Microsoft. In this context, a program such as the Windows Genuine Advantage is the last of your concerns. In fact, in excess of 20 Windows Vista features and services are hard at work collecting and transmitting your personal data to the Redmond company. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-abou...oft-58752.shtml according to this article:the vole's default settings allows: 1. Microsoft can monitor all the visited URLs 2.Peer Name tied to your IP address are published 3.queries entered into the Search box included in the Windows Vista Control Panel will be sent to Microsoft 4.Windows Genuine Advantage, Windows Defender, Support Services, Windows Media Center and Internet Explorer 7 all collect and transmit user data to Microsoft NSA helped Microsoft make Vista secure Revelations about NSA's involvement in Vista's development raise concerns about possible 'back-door' access to data by the spy agency http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/10/...tasecure_1.html americans accept that they no longer can expect privacy in personal communication .. vista opens the door glabally. the EU has won multiple civil actions against the redmond vole.
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