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Re: Microsoft WGA phones home even when told not to
All Windows Update installations send back similar data sets to Microsoft, according to the followup story.
Heise »www.heise-security.co.uk/news/86429
MS blog »blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/2007/···try.aspx
Slashdot »yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/03/08/1817210.shtml
Can anyone clarify whether this is true only when updates are installed by the automatic methods (Windows Update/Microsoft Update) or whether it is also true of downloaded installers for updates? I use the latter and have not seen any alerts on the software firewall, and would like to know whether MS is bypassing it. |
