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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 487.71-0.1%Dec 26 9:30 AM EST

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To: Al Bearse who started this subject8/13/2001 1:03:43 PM
From: DiViT  Read Replies (3) of 74651
 
Windows Product Activation (WPA) for Windows XP

Understand The Details of Microsoft's New Product Activation Technology

extremetech.com
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Probably not something Dave or Tutt should read, as it contains, comments such as

"Finally, the conspiracy theories of how Microsoft is spying on your system will still abound, but from what we've seen, the information that keys the hardware to the Activation ID is innocuous. With one and two byte hash values, the information cannot be decoded into a profile of your machine aside from a very generic inventory of components. "

Which weaken the FUD they like to regurgitate to this thread.
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