[LINK] Vista - the data gatherer

[Roger Clarke]

>On 3/7/07 12:50 PM, "Roger Clarke" <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
>>  Surely the outgoing data-streams are reliably recognisable.
>>  And hence blockable.

At 13:02 +1000 3/7/07, Stilgherrian wrote:
>Quite possibly. But unless you send the data back, you can't register your
>computer with Microsoft Update and you won't be able to download any
>software updates. Amongst other things.

Fair enough, but depending on the extent to which MS has designed 
pre-counters for such countermeasures, it could be simple enough to 
let a few streams through, and modify others to something bland.

Keep going, we've nearly finished the spec.  (:-)}


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