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Software king of the world Microsoft has defended its ad-targeting practices, claiming that it is a lot more responsible than others.
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ferdus-hutki-shira - 499 days 14 hours ago
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So basically they dont care about peoples privacy
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TheHater - 499 days 14 hours ago
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that the impression I got from reading that. Isn't that illegal?
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Jamie Foxx - 499 days 13 hours ago
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1.2 - TURNS AND KISSES HIS IMAC...
.. thank you safari
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Silellak - 499 days 13 hours ago
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Name one company that DOES care about your privacy - even Google does something very similar.

Not defending Microsoft, or the practice in general, but this is hardly limited to just MS.
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kevnb - 499 days 13 hours ago
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1.4 - nobody has any privacy
why thank safari? You think apple is any less evil? Lets just face it, our privacy is non-existent.
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Kigmal - 499 days 13 hours ago
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lol at least they admit it unlike the US government. well, nevermind, Bush admitted to tapping phones to "collect" information on "terrorist killers"
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RemmM - 499 days 12 hours ago
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1.6 - LOL! This is so old..you guys did'nt know this?
I always knew MS was spying anyway. Apple has been tracking you people with their ''i'' products as well. Its true. So this is no surprise....I love conspiracy theories. I've been studying this stuff for awhile. MS spying only scratches the surface. It is MUCH deeper than you can imagine. U_U
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DRUDOG - 499 days 9 hours ago
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1.7 - @ Kigmal
I wouldn't quite equate the US government's involvement in spying to possibly save lives (among other things) to MS trying to make more money off you. The government isn't trying to make a buck off you or provide that information to third parties for a price. MS should get smacked just like any other company that breaks the law.
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wallace1000 - 499 days 8 hours ago
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1.8 - @ DRUDOG
The US government spying to possibly save lives!? They also went into Iraq for another reason except oil right?
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xhairs9 - 499 days 8 hours ago
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1.9 - @Wallace
Can you show me your gas prices? If gas prices weren't $4+ a gallon, then and only then, I will believe that the only reason we went to Iraq was for oil. That's just another conspiracy theory which is what the US and any other country for this matter is built on, conspiracy.
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DRUDOG - 499 days 5 hours ago
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1.10 - @Wallace1000
I'm not here to debate that what the US government does is right or wrong (or any other government for that matter); this is obviously just a gaming forum. I was just pointing out that comparing a money hungry company to a government who (at least on most levels) attempts to protect their interests and citizens isn't really justified. Believe me, I don't like my privacy invaded regardless of who is doing it.
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kewlkat007 - 498 days 20 hours ago
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1.11 - "he government isn't trying to make a buck off you
That's quite funny...
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IntelligentAj - 498 days 20 hours ago
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What's even more surprising than the spying is that 1)you people didn't already know this 2)Some of you actually believe that this isn't a common practice among companies trying to find new ways to reach customers. Why does this surprise any of you?
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wallace1000 - 498 days 15 hours ago
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Well it defiantly wasn't because they were a threat or because they needed freeing. There are also all the reconstruction projects, can anyone say Halliburton?
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juuken - 499 days 13 hours ago
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...Wow.
Just wow.
You are no longer safe in your own home anymore. I mean, a person should be able to maintain their privacy on the internet.
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Silellak - 499 days 13 hours ago
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"In your own home"? This has to do with internet privacy. There hasn't been privacy on the internet for YEARS, sadly.
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kevnb - 499 days 13 hours ago
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2.2 - you just realized this now
its been like this ever since everyone started using he internet every day.
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juuken - 499 days 13 hours ago
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It's bad enough the government does it and now corporations?
That's my point.
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DaKid - 499 days 13 hours ago
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On the bright side, admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.

@ Lord: Lol I think drinking leads to my problems, bubs for the laugh.
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Lord Shuhei Yoshida - 499 days 13 hours ago
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Nah I think drinking is the first step to fixing your problems
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Zydake - 499 days 10 hours ago
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HIDE THE P0RN rofl...
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wallace1000 - 499 days 8 hours ago
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2.7 - @ juuken
Are you really surprised considering the government is run by corporations. Voters don't have any power, money has power.
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eagle21 - 499 days 13 hours ago
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3 - I wish they would "admit" other flaws......
Microsoft and the word "admit" is hard to come by these days. I will have to just cherish this moment.
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andron666 - 499 days 13 hours ago
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4 - Strange thing I noticed...
I switched to Linux on my laptop. But when I visit my family I use their Vista laptop. And the number of spam mail in my yahoo mail increases exponentially for as long as I use yahoo mail on Vista.

When I go home and just uses my Linux laptop the amount of spam decreases gradually to nearly none.
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Wii60Fan - 499 days 7 hours ago
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4.1 - I guess
You have never heard of spam filters?
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4.2 dantesparda | 498 days 17 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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PS_Family - 499 days 13 hours ago
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Can't even surf for porn in peace these days.
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5.1 GametimeUK | 499 days 13 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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The Wood - 499 days 13 hours ago
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lol
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Bubble Buddy - 499 days 13 hours ago
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I agree. But the way the people who make Virus Protectors make money is by releasing viruses.
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AllroundGamer - 499 days 13 hours ago
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on the next Windows edition box there should stand: "Now with even more spy features!!!" privacy is sooo overrated...
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Pain - 499 days 13 hours ago
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7 - Welcome to the World and Reality.
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Boink - 499 days 13 hours ago
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8 - so surprises
a lot of companies do things that are borderline illegal.

as long as they don't hop over the border they don't care, and some don't even care if they hop over it!
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LossTheEarthbreaker - 499 days 12 hours ago
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9 - I'd like to know where the "Opt Out" option is.
I would like to be one of those 1800 people.
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Xiphos - 499 days 12 hours ago
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10 - "Users were falling over themselves to sign up to give their data to Microsoft."
Oh yeah, I can totally see people being excited over Microsoft spying on them. Where's this "opt out" thing, and how do they track you, via IE or via Windows?
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joeynox - 499 days 11 hours ago
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This is not a MS issue its a interent on a whole issue. All ads, and site collect some data. Thats how you get specific spam and with google if you clikc certain ads it will reconize those ad you click and feed you more of the same. Old news
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Xi - 499 days 10 hours ago
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12 - This isn't anything new.
Remember the Sony RootKit scandel?

Everyone spies.
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ReBurn - 499 days 8 hours ago
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That article is so vague. So what are the "privacy friendly" companies? The majority of data collected by these companies through their ads is not personally identifiable. Practically every website that displays ads, including this one, is collecting some sort of usage data. Maybe not the website itself, but the company serving the ads is.
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Wii60Fan - 499 days 7 hours ago
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14 - Google and Yahoo
All of them do it. So what is the point of posting this obviously biased against Microsoft article?
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ElementX - 499 days 7 hours ago
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I fully admit I look at ign.com, redtube, xtube, and n4g.com. Is that so hard? who cares if people know you look at porn sites or whatever? You're filmed walking down the sidewalk. You pay for a service, you pay companies to provide your internet connection, your ISP can spy on you, MS can spy on you, satellites can spy on you, who cares? If you want complete privacy, don't leave your home and don't turn on your computer. Sit around reading books. you think Apple is innocent? I bet they have satellites that can pick up iPods and iMacs based on their MAC addresses and other chips inside. Not to mention card access systems at work, I bet your access cards have chips inside that can be read from a distance by hackers using radioscopic antennas. How about your driver's license? They scan them at bars and some liquor stores. How about credit cards and other "cards" in your wallet? Grow up. you don't have privacy and haven't for 60 years
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Monolith - 499 days 5 hours ago
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remember were the peasants still big Corporations and Government come at a cost say your privacy, they wont tell you, you think your phones arent still being hacked into HA i laugh at you. yea we have no privacy what so ever we cant stop them, lol and people want obama as president. omglol. it sickens me he doesnt even know how many states are in america, you know what he said, lol get this 57. where are there fiftyseven states in the USA, or maybe theres fiftyseven muslim territories in the middle east, hes not american people hes the enemy and were to dumb to see it, stop following the obama bumper stickers and look around and listen, hes muslim were the infidels remember and hes racsist too. www.michaelsavage.com
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rekonizakilla - 498 days 22 hours ago
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16.1 - twat/monolith
you do know this is a gaming site don't you? It isn't hard to get a sound bite of somebody making a mistake (look at George Bush). Screw politics,Screw religion talk about games.
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psycho360 - 499 days 2 hours ago
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The only people concerned about their privacy are the ones leading dual life or doing something unethical. I was earlier working in with accounting software vendor company. Their software could let us get info about the accounts of any company using our software and connecting online. So you'd be naive to know the O/S in your computer, the antivirus software, the spy blocking software etc will not be leaking out info about ur system/activities.
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name - 499 days 2 hours ago
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I knew there'd be people who'd defend microsoft even when they do something like this. If microsoft stole all of it's money from blind children people would say "OH and I guess sony gets all its money the honest way right? they've never done anything wrong?"
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lewis - 498 days 21 hours ago
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all others are guilty.
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DraconWolfX - 498 days 20 hours ago
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Everyone here is ripping on Microsoft for being so terrible but no one is talking about the Sony Rootkit issue which is far worse than something like this?
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Wii60Fan - 498 days 16 hours ago
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20.1 - Yeppers
I installed psp media manager. BIG mistake. Had a root kit! Had to reformat my computer. BAD sony BAD!
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mrnjl - 498 days 20 hours ago
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21 - Ummmm
Hows this gaming news?
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jmare - 498 days 20 hours ago
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The truly sad thing is that people actually think that: 1) There is actually privacy outside your own mind; 2) That you have a right to privacy. Anyone who can show me a right to privacy is either mistaken or just foolish. Also, in other news, the sky is blue, grass is green, water is wet. I know, these tidbits are just as shocking as a business trying to make money off of people.
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Wii60Fan - 498 days 17 hours ago
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22.1 - Who knows
If they might even have the technology to read your mind...
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