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Microsoft’s stealth Windows update

By Gary Burge | Published: September 13, 2007
Update: Microsoft has acknowledged the update, but says unannounced, non-consensual installations are standard procedure. See “Microsoft responds to stealth update issue” by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. Then read Adrian’s analysis of Microsoft’s statement here. Microsoft may have already overwritten files on your PC without your permission or knowledge, even if you have “automatic updates” set to [...]
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    I am an experieced web programmer, techno-activist, romantic idealist, who never quite left the sixties, even though I became quite successful in the Internet space.

    My business philosphy is different now than when I toiled in the bigco world. About a decade ago I experienced a life-altering epiphany: I was sacrificing my personal life and health to feed a corporate monster.

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