Comments on: Real reason WGA phones home http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9242 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9242/comment-page-1#comment-58702 Reader's Write Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:12:06 +0000 #comment-58702 This isn't going to be effective. A crack will be developed whereby the spybot will be directed to a 'fake' WGA site (probably through the use of the HOSTS file, in which case the fake validator can run as a part of IIS on the same machine) which will automatically 'validate' whatever is running on the machine. This isn’t going to be effective. A crack will be developed whereby the spybot will be directed to a ‘fake’ WGA site (probably through the use of the HOSTS file, in which case the fake validator can run as a part of IIS on the same machine) which will automatically ‘validate’ whatever is running on the machine.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9242/comment-page-1#comment-58632 Reader's Write Tue, 04 Jul 2006 23:47:16 +0000 #comment-58632 Everyone who actually believes THAT, stand on your head! :| It's SPYWARE plain and simple. It's a known fact that M$ co-operates with any government that gives it the least bit static about anything. China and the US are only TWO examples. How many others are there????? Everyone who actually believes THAT, stand on your head! :|

It’s SPYWARE plain and simple. It’s a known fact that M$ co-operates with any government that gives it the least bit static about anything. China and the US are only TWO examples. How many others are there?????

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9242/comment-page-1#comment-58631 Reader's Write Tue, 04 Jul 2006 23:43:09 +0000 #comment-58631 dont givem any ideas dont givem any ideas

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9242/comment-page-1#comment-58067 Reader's Write Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:04:44 +0000 #comment-58067 My prediction: if you can't connect to the Internet, it will boot only into safe mode. Enough for you to copy files, but little else. The excuse will be that 99% of applications are Internet Aware - if you're not connected, you're pointless. Under their breath, they'll say "so another 0.1% of users switch to Linux... big deal. We're better off making honest customers of the other 99.9%". IMHO, of course... My prediction: if you can’t connect to the Internet, it will boot only into safe mode. Enough for you to copy files, but little else. The excuse will be that 99% of applications are Internet Aware – if you’re not connected, you’re pointless. Under their breath, they’ll say “so another 0.1% of users switch to Linux… big deal. We’re better off making honest customers of the other 99.9%”.

IMHO, of course…

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9242/comment-page-1#comment-57830 Reader's Write Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:15:58 +0000 #comment-57830 For a long time I've had computers without internet access. I'm sure everyone has at one point or another found applications to legalise what M$ sees as pirated versions of software. Even now, I have a computer, not connected to the internet. So how is that one going to be checked? Simply it isn't. Just because you have programs doesn't mean the internet is necessary for computing life. Of course, that isn't the issue is it? M$ wants to protray that internet/computers are coupled together just like hotdogs and buns. As long as they can sell this idea, maybe they can sell the idea of spyware is ok too. It never was in my book and it still isn't. As Sony was told, it isn't your computer. For a long time I’ve had computers without internet access. I’m sure everyone has at one point or another found applications to legalise what M$ sees as pirated versions of software. Even now, I have a computer, not connected to the internet. So how is that one going to be checked? Simply it isn’t.

Just because you have programs doesn’t mean the internet is necessary for computing life. Of course, that isn’t the issue is it? M$ wants to protray that internet/computers are coupled together just like hotdogs and buns. As long as they can sell this idea, maybe they can sell the idea of spyware is ok too. It never was in my book and it still isn’t.

As Sony was told, it isn’t your computer.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9242/comment-page-1#comment-57802 Reader's Write Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:42:48 +0000 #comment-57802 the only people who this penalises are innocent clueless users, anyone with a clue who uses an unauthorised version of windows wont have a problem as they wouldnt be stupid enough to uses wga! the only people who this penalises are innocent clueless users, anyone with a clue who uses an unauthorised version of windows wont have a problem as they wouldnt be stupid enough to uses wga!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9242/comment-page-1#comment-57656 Reader's Write Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:36:08 +0000 #comment-57656 what if the computer doesnt have access to the internet? what if the computer doesnt have access to the internet?

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