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gitarr on Aug 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows 8 Tells Microsoft Everything You Install, ...

Well, we'll see if this is legal in Europe. Website cookies are regulated already here, I guess this sort of abuse will have to be stopped as well. Shame on Microsoft for another outrageous decision.

TazeTSchnitzel on Aug 24, 2012 [–]

Outrageous? And "Send Error Report" wasn't? And other security software vendors sending file hashes isn't?

Please, explain why this in particular is so bad. It's tracking in a sense, but they are not going to use it to violate privacy.

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