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From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@attbi.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: Windows XP spying (was possible sollution)
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 17:05:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000901c1ff78$f5a9f840$02263e18@mycomputer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205191553470.297-100000@homerun.us>

Hi Adam. The tracking thing has been implemented only on Winxp. W2k doesn't use it. For w2k just get a Cd key from somewhere like Donkey. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Adam Myrow <myrow@eskimo.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: Windows XP spying (was possible sollution)


> Could you use something like Tiny Personal Firewall or Zone Alarm to block
> Windows XP from sending out stuff?  Or, would it start complaining that it
> couldn't send "vital" information?  I wouldn't expect Windows XP's own
> firewall to block it, so it would surely be a third party one.  Or, you
> could put it behind a Linux box and have it block the crap it is trying to
> send out.  I had heard rumors about Windows XP doing this sort of stuff,
> so that's why I've avoided it.  I'm still dual booting with Windows 95.
> Does Windows 2000 send out all your serial numbers and track you like
> that?
> 
> 
> 
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Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 possible sollution Igor Gueths
 ` Erik Heil
   ` Cecil H. Whitley
     ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Cecil H. Whitley
       ` Octavian Rasnita
         ` brian Moore
           ` Cecil H. Whitley
             ` Octavian Rasnita
           ` Octavian Rasnita
             ` Janina Sajka
               ` Octavian Rasnita
                 ` Cecil H. Whitley
                   ` Gregory Nowak
                     ` Alex Snow
                   ` Alex Snow
                     ` Janina Sajka
                       ` Windows XP spying (was possible sollution) Adam Myrow
                         ` Igor Gueths [this message]
                         ` David Poehlman
                         ` Shaun Oliver
                       ` possible sollution Maurice A. Mines
                         ` Janina Sajka
                           ` Maurice A. Mines
                             ` Erik Heil
                               ` Igor Gueths
                                 ` Octavian Rasnita
                             ` Gregory Nowak
                               ` Deedra Waters
                               ` William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123
                                 ` Gregory Nowak
                             ` Octavian Rasnita
                         ` Scott Howell
                       ` Shaun Oliver
                 ` Gregory Nowak
                   ` Shaun Oliver
                   ` Alex Snow
                 ` brian Moore
                 ` Ann Parsons
                 ` Kenny Hitt
                   ` Scott Howell
                     ` Will Smith
                       ` Scott Howell
                         ` Buddy Brannan
                           ` Janina Sajka
                             ` Buddy Brannan
                               ` Janina Sajka
                 ` Charles Crawford
                   ` Deedra Waters
         ` Steve Holmes
     ` Darrell Shandrow
       ` Janina Sajka
         ` Igor Gueths
       ` Octavian Rasnita
         ` Steve Holmes
           ` Octavian Rasnita
   ` Igor Gueths
     ` Janina Sajka
       ` Igor Gueths
         ` Janina Sajka
 ` Octavian Rasnita
   ` Igor Gueths
     ` Octavian Rasnita

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