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Originally Posted by gingerprince
So you clicking "yes" to agree to the terms and conditions when you install it doesn't in your book count as "your permission" then?
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From
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Microsoft has admitted that Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) will phone Redmond every day - something it neglected to tell users before they installed it.
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I also agree with
firewallleaktester.com:
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Once the WGA Notification tool has checked your OS and has confirmed you had a legit copy, there is no decent point or reason to check it again and again every boot. ... It is also unclear which information are transmitted. All of that, along the fact that Microsoft used deceptive ways to make you install this tool (it was told you it was an urgent security update, whereas it is a new installation giving you no extra security) makes me calling this tool a spyware.
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Anyway, this is way
now, so I'll say no more here.