Re: Is WGA used to violate your privacy or not?

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gw wrote:
"capitan" <c@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uMJAm8WSGHA.1728@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
gw wrote:
Possible scenario:

Clueless (or not) person buys "cheap" software from ebay.
Installs software and fails validation.
Cries wolf to MS.
MS *does* keep a list of cracked keys.
MS inquires as to source of product.
I'm sure they're building up a database when the complaints come in: Key, where & when purchased, etc.
User points MS to ebay auction.
Seller has sold a known cracked or invalid key.
MS goes after seller.

There is no way the evil WGA program could track the key back to the seller, only the user. How could they tie an invalid key back to an ebay seller? I don't see any big effort to prosecute individual users, only those who distribute.
But if you read the quoted paragraph from the article, it says that only SOME were phoned in. It also says that MICROSOFT TRACED MOST through WGA.

I don't think that equates to ALL being caught through being reported over the phone. I see nubian's point.

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capitan

Yes - TRACED - As in, found out where they came from. Show me where MS is prosecuting an individual user for installing a pirated copy. It's not happening. They have nothing to gain by punishing the user - they just scare off a potential customer. I imagine if they really wanted to, they could tie WGA to a download that would destroy an invalid installation.

Again, even if MS *TRACED* (using personal information) the illegal copies using WGA, how would that lead them to prosecute an ebay seller?? Wouldn't they be prosecuting the individuals who had installed the copies?



I see what you are saying, the sellers would have had to have it installed to have it "trace" back to them. I still don't trust MS as far as I can throw them!

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nubian

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