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Yea yea, some features are nice. There are some cases where it's not acceptable. Now as a PC user Spyware can become really nasty. Lets say someone you know gets spyware on your system. With these features almost anyone can utilize PC tracking for dubious reasons.
I know that some tracking can already be done but, most of it is passive. What's being defined here is active tracking. Meaning that your system openly releases your location even when your not doing things that need to know your location.
Next thing you know they'll be putting tracking chips under our skin. Is this default built in tracking really necessary for all windows 7 PCs?
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Doesn't look like I'll ever be upgrading from XP...