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Re: Is Microsoft about to buy Claria/Gator ???
Gator/Claria/GAIN are claiming a 40 million user database. This gives them a montrous database of information that is identifiable to a particular machine, if not the actual user, and access to a great deal of personal information about their users.
Microsoft claim about 85% of the desktop market worldwide and already have their own huge database of user information. How secure is the Microsoft promise of no personally identifiable information being collected during product activation, updating and error reporting?
Will Microsoft Antispyware remove this product or intervene in the installation of this product?
Surely Microsoft would be eroding the tiny gains they have managed to make in the credibility stakes on security issues? |
