After a US judge dismissed a 3-year-case against Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) spyware case, Microsoft is now releasing (on Feb. 16) new state-of-the-art spyware, Windows Activation Technologies (WAT).
In brief,
1) it checks your computer every 90 days and call home, and
2) if WAT thinks the OS has been pirated, it will yell you you are pirate and change wallpaper to black screen. (Shall we call it Black Screen of De-activation?)
Be thankful to be a FreeBSD user.
In brief,
1) it checks your computer every 90 days and call home, and
2) if WAT thinks the OS has been pirated, it will yell you you are pirate and change wallpaper to black screen. (Shall we call it Black Screen of De-activation?)
Be thankful to be a FreeBSD user.