[Office-commits] r9729 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles

[sysadmin]

Author: www-data
Date: Fri Sep 25 16:57:46 2009
New Revision: 9729

Log:
web commit by mattl

Modified:
   trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/privacy.mdwn

Modified: trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/privacy.mdwn
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--- trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/privacy.mdwn  Fri Sep 25 16:40:06 
2009        (r9728)
+++ trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/privacy.mdwn  Fri Sep 25 16:57:46 
2009        (r9729)
@@ -8,19 +8,21 @@
 
 Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is Microsoft's system for remotely checking 
your computer.  WGA scans various parts of your hard drive to reassure 
Microsoft that you are running an "approved" version of Windows. WGA is 
mandatory monitoring system and if Microsoft decides you are not "approved" 
they can disable your computer's functionality. Currently Microsoft confirms 
that WGA checks:
 
-    * Computer make and model
-    * BIOS
-    * MAC address
-    * A unique number assigned to your computer - Globally Unique Identifier 
or GUID
-    * Hard drive serial number
-    * Region and language settings of the operating system
-    * Operating system version
-    * PC BIOS information (make, version, date)
-    * PC manufacturer
-    * User locale setting
-    * Validation and installation results.
-    * Windows or Office product key
-    * Windows XP product ID
+<ul>
+<li>Computer make and model</li>
+<li>BIOS</li>
+<li>MAC address</li>
+<li>A unique number assigned to your computer - Globally Unique Identifier or 
GUID</li>
+<li>Hard drive serial number</li>
+<li>Region and language settings of the operating system</li>
+<li>Operating system version</li>
+<li>PC BIOS information (make, version, date)</li>
+<li>PC manufacturer</li>
+<li>User locale setting</li>
+<li>Validation and installation results.</li>
+<li>Windows or Office product key</li>
+<li>Windows XP product ID</li>
+</ul>
 
 WGA has caused a number privacy related problems, including deletion of 
software.  WGA gets automatically updated as part of Microsoft's critical 
update procedures, giving users little choice but to accept changes to the 
systems Microsoft can monitor. Many have claimed that WGA is spyware, and 
although Microsoft have denied such intent, they retain the power to decide 
what counts as an invasion of your privacy.