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Microsoft to add 'black box' to Windows
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Posted by: Outlaw
In a move that could rankle privacy advocates, Microsoft said Monday that it is adding the PC equivalent of a flight data recorder to the next version of Windows, in an effort to better understand and prevent computer crashes.
The tool will build on the existing Watson error-reporting tool in Windows but will provide Microsoft with much deeper information, including what programs were running at the time of the error and even the contents of documents that were being created. Businesses will also choose whether they want their own technology managers to receive such data when an employee's machine crashes.
The article also states that users will be prompted to send the data, and they'll have the choice of excluding certain items like the contents of documents they were writing at the time the crash occured.
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Posted by: SKYHN
And there it is folks. The perfect way for the govt to regulate the internet.
Posted by: redwench
yup, that do not send button will be the doom of mankind.
Posted by: coder_1977
It sounds like this could be the worst bane to privacy yet.
I can understand how knowing what programs were running at the time of a crash could be helpful to debuggers, but text-file content? NO WAY. I know that a too-large text file could cause problems, so if they need to know the size of a text file running in an application like notepad, or MS Word, thats fine. But no one needs to know exactly what I have written in a text document.
Posted by: Oldcrocd
Privacy issues aside, about time MS did some positive feed back that MAY in the end satisfy more of us than some of there efforts at annoying us.
Privacy is a state of mind, if you are not doing anything wrong, then why are you so worried about someone else knowing what it is when it is , how it is???????
Or could it be all the piracy software that you run!!!
Posted by: Ocean
wtf? im not going to buy a beta version of windows.
Posted by: tovarich
I fully agree with you. Privacy issues are bringing more harm than good. Pedophiles have a field day in the chatrooms. Only last week they arrested one who had raped two 14 year olds he contacted through a chatroom. Here in Belgium the police are obliged to report the locations of their traffic controls, in advance, all for privacy!!!!!!!
Posted by: Bishop
Until society becomes enlightened to certain aspects of existence, many culturally and spiritually evolved people must hide from the mobs.
Posted by: redwench
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Privacy issues are bringing more harm than good. Pedophiles have a field day in the chatrooms. Only last week they arrested one who had raped two 14 year olds he contacted through a chatroom.
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you do have odd definitions of pedophilia over there. theyre called rapists here.
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Here in Belgium the police are obliged to report the locations of their traffic controls, in advance, all for privacy!!!!!!!
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and the problem with announcing the locations of speed traps is.............?
Posted by: FadedMaster
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Originally Posted by redwench
and the problem with announcing the locations of speed traps is.............?
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Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? :-P Haha, though I wouldn't object to the announcement of any speed traps. 
Personally, it doesn't sound too bad to me. If you had no option to omit data, then yea... I'd be ticked. But hell, people'll find ways around that stuff. Besides, if yer doin' something wrong, you just won't send any data in at all. And if yer at work and have no choice, maybe you shoulda been workin' instead.
Posted by: IceBreaker
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Originally Posted by FadedMaster
Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? :-P
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Not necessarily. Contrariwise, it may "improve" upon it - by turning a repressive measure into a preventive one ;-)
Posted by: DemonBob
<---- Freebsd user
Posted by: zima
well im not sure but it sure sounds like a new form of adware to me next they will know when u take a dump if they don't already we spend a lot of time trying to stop adware now ms has it in the bag just an old mans opinion
Posted by: FadedMaster
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Not necessarily. Contrariwise, it may "improve" upon it - by turning a repressive measure into a preventive one ;-)
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Good point, but wouldn't they wanna make money from ticketing? haha.
Posted by: redwench
the supposed purpose of law enforcement is not to generate revenue. it is to prevent (preferably) and investigate crime. therefore, detering people from violating traffic regulations should be a higher priority than issuing tickets after the fact. note the "should".
Posted by: IceBreaker
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Good point, but wouldn't they wanna make money from ticketing? haha.
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hmm...true - I had left out the 'cupidity' factor. It spares no one, alas. Not even the State  
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