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Posted by Zombie:
Now, can you prove to me that XP is full of spyware? I'm not going to believe a un-proven comment made by a Anti-MS zealot. Where is your cold-hard proof buddy?
First of all, because Windows is closed source it could be full of spyware and backdoors, since you can't just look at the source code to prove otherwise. However, I'm the one making the claim that Windows has spyware, so I won't ask you to "disprove" it. That'd be like me saying to you "prove God doesn't exist, otherwise he exists!"
Here's an interesting article for you to read that might raise a few questions:
http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/24815.htmlJust what is the definition of "spyware," anyway? Before we can decide if Windows XP is indeed spyware, we have to define spyware. I'd say spyware is any software that reports what you do on your computer or can view files or upload things to your computer without your consent. Under that definition XP is certainly spyware, it even says so in the MS EULA. On page 6, you "acknowledge and agree that Microsoft may automatically check the version of the Product and / or It's components that you are utilizing and may provide upgrades or fixes to the product that will be automatically downloaded to your Workstation Computer." That is spyware in my book, especially since it is capable of doing it without your consent. Under that clause Microsoft could secretly apply a patch to everyone's copy of WMP that incorporates more digital rights management, or any number of other possibilities.