full-disclosure - Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

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From: jeremiah at nur.net (Jeremiah Cornelius)
Subject: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

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On Thursday 11 September 2003 11:30, Stefan Esser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> well it finally happened. I came back home after work, connected my
> XBOX to the internet and went into the XBOX-Live menu configuration.
> Well what happened. The XBOX started automaticly downloading the new
> crappy XBOX-Live dashboard, which is of course fixed.
>
> This is IMHO an act of computer sabotage. I have never allowed MS
> to modify my dashboard or to auto update my dashboard.
>
> Is any lawyer on the list who can point me to the right paragraphs?
> I do not believe this computer sabotage is legal in any european
> country.
>
> Yours,
> Stefan Esser

You gave those scoundrels at Microsoft your money, and are now surprised that 
they behave like...

scoundrels?

The box was already chipped and keyed against /you/ when you bought it.  That 
doesn't sound like a good purchase decision - unless you are informed of the 
nature and limitations this represents.  It sounds like you have some idea 
about this:  You say 'it /finally/ happened'.

Xbox is spyware and a testbed for NGSCB/Palladium.  They don't make enough 
ten-foot-poles to keep this stuff away.

- --Jeremiah Cornelius

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