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Windows Update keeps tabs on all system software
John Leyden, The Register 2003-02-28

Evidence obtained by German hardware site tecChannel suggests a list of software installed on an XP machine is sent to Microsoft when users run Windows Update.

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Windows Update keeps tabs on all system software 2003-03-04
Anonymous
Actually I think they're trying to find cracked and copied software, in addition to keeping tabs about what you do.

As far as spying on us, or Windows being an illegal trojan, couldn't they say "...you chose to install it, or not Uninstall it and use Linux etc... ".

They have the money and leg...

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