Re: WGA Hacked?! Get a Fair and Balance Perspective!

"kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:
>> Kurt,
>>
>> This is not a hack - since at this time you can still access all WGA
>> protected content by choosing to not validate.
>
> No?! Really?! LOL!
>
> "Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) or Validation has kinda been hacked, but
> the hack only works at the Microsoft Download Center, but won't help ya'
> at Windows Update, or in downloading the WGA free offers." - from the
> KurtBlog link I originally gave.
>
>> It will then take you
>> to the download directly.
>> This will not remain the case - soon you will have to validate to
>> access the content.
>
> Unless you get the url to the file! But You guys really got to stop the
> totally false claim that WGA speeds up downloading! I was testing it
> today, and it is noticibly slower to download a file validating, than it
> is not validating.
>
> But only goes to prove that your company finds it easier to distort
> reality than tell the truth!

As regards the static full path URLs you see to day and use to get around
the WGA process. Getting those URLs will not be a viable option once we go
compulsory WGA.
I was not aware we make any claims that WGA increases download speed - do
you have a link to one of our pages where we explicitly state this ?
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"kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:
>> Kurt,
>>
>> This is not a hack - since at this time you can still access all WGA
>> protected content by choosing to not validate.
>
> No?! Really?! LOL!
>
> "Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) or Validation has kinda been hacked, but
> the hack only works at the Microsoft Download Center, but won't help ya'
> at Windows Update, or in downloading the WGA free offers." - from the
> KurtBlog link I originally gave.
>
>> It will then take you
>> to the download directly.
>> This will not remain the case - soon you will have to validate to
>> access the content.
>
> Unless you get the url to the file! But You guys really got to stop the
> totally false claim that WGA speeds up downloading! I was testing it
> today, and it is noticibly slower to download a file validating, than it
> is not validating.
>
> But only goes to prove that your company finds it easier to distort
> reality than tell the truth!
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
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>


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