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Re: [FYI] Spyware Media Player

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 11:42:23AM +0100, Peter Ross wrote:
> stimmt denn das?

Mehr Informationen und eine Stellungnahme von Microsoft gibt es auf der 
BugTraq Mailingliste: 

http://online.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl?id=1&start=2002-02-24&end=2002-03-02&mid=257283&threads=1

tschüß,

-christian-

Auszug:
* Each time a new DVD movie is played on a computer, the WMP software
contacts a Microsoft Web server to get title and chapter information for
the DVD. When this contact is made, the Microsoft Web server is giving
an electronic fingerprint which identifies the DVD movie being watched
and a cookie which uniquely identifies a particular WMP player. With
this two pieces of information Microsoft can track what DVD movies are
being watched on a particular computer.
...
- As of Feb. 14, 2002, the Microsoft privacy policy for WMP version 8
does not disclose that the fact that WMP "phones home" to get DVD title
information, what kind of tracking Microsoft does of which movies
consumers are watching, and how cookies are used by the WMP software and
the Microsoft servers.

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