bugtraq - Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

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Message-ID: <20030911153642.B2898@ring.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:36:42 -0700
From: Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@...berkeley.edu>
To: Stefan Esser <s.esser@...atters.de>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft


On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 08:30:39PM +0200, Stefan Esser composed:
> 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.

Read the End User Liscence Agreement that you agreed to with the X-box
(its probably somewhere in the box).

Dollars-to-doughnuts says that Microsoft maintains the right to
update/change the software regardless of your wishes.

All your Rights are belong to Bill (tm)


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Nicholas C. Weaver                                 nweaver@...berkeley.edu