[Office-commits] r9837 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles

[sysadmin]

Author: www-data
Date: Wed Sep 30 14:49:17 2009
New Revision: 9837

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  Wed Sep 30 14:26:58 
2009        (r9836)
+++ trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/privacy.mdwn  Wed Sep 30 14:49:17 
2009        (r9837)
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 Who should your computer take its orders from?
 
 Most people think their computers should obey them, not obey someone
-else. Yet, with a plan they call "trusted computing" and software they call 
Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft and
-others are planning to make your next computer obey them instead of you, and 
this has serious consequences for your privacy.
+else. Yet, with a plan they call "<a 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Computing";>trusted computing</a>" 
and software they call <a 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Genuine_Advantage";>Windows Genuine 
Advantage</a>, Microsoft and others are planning to make your next computer 
obey them instead of you, and this has serious consequences for your privacy.
 
-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:
+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 <a 
href="http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/faq.aspx";>Microsoft confirms 
that WGA checks</a>:
 
 <ul>
 <li>Computer make and model</li>
@@ -28,9 +27,9 @@
 
 For Windows 7 they are changing the name of the product to Windows 7 
Activation Technologies (WAT), but the functionality remains the same.
 
-Microsoft's version of a "Trusted Computing" scheme is called "Palladium". 
Proprietary programs have included malicious features before, but Palladium 
would make it universal.
+Microsoft's version of a "Trusted Computing" scheme is called "<a 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base";>Palladium</a>".
 Proprietary programs have included malicious features before, but Palladium 
would make it universal.
 
-Hollywood and the record companies will use Palladium to ensure that
+Hollywood and the record companies <a 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base#Digital_Rights_Management";>will
 use Palladium to ensure</a> that
 downloaded videos and music can be played only on one specified
 computer and the sharing of 'authorized' files will be entirely
 impossible.