Microsoft Helps Write Anti-Spyware Law
The law will supposedly protect people from unwarranted hackers or virus attacks and can fine individuals up to $1M who are found guilty of breaking into a computer without the owners knowledge.
Microsoft wants the right to inspect your hard drive, delete your files and applications, and call the police if it finds anything “illegal”. However, once a computer user authorizes software updates and accepts a user’s agreement, the software will be allowed to do anything in order to detect or prevent illegal or fraudulent activity. But we all know this has nothing to do with the [US]patriot act and has everything to do with M$ wanting to get into your hard drive.
The law is amazing, not only because it is probably the first written overtly by a major company without bothering with the tedious problem of lobbying, but because it is written by Microsoft.
How could anything go wrong?
Read the full article HERE.
Microsoft wants the right to inspect your hard drive, delete your files and applications, and call the police if it finds anything “illegal”. However, once a computer user authorizes software updates and accepts a user’s agreement, the software will be allowed to do anything in order to detect or prevent illegal or fraudulent activity. But we all know this has nothing to do with the [US]patriot act and has everything to do with M$ wanting to get into your hard drive.
The law is amazing, not only because it is probably the first written overtly by a major company without bothering with the tedious problem of lobbying, but because it is written by Microsoft.
How could anything go wrong?
Read the full article HERE.
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