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Microsoft discloses that the WGA tool phones home daily | |
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| Time: 00:04 EST/05:04 GMT | News Source: Ars Technica | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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If you happen to be running the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool on your PC, then you have probably already made the assumption that the tool phones home periodically, but are you aware that it makes calls to Microsoft everyday? Yes, it's true, the WGA tool pings Microsoft's servers everyday. Until now, Microsoft ceased to reveal that nasty little tidbit, and now it claims that it needs to do a better job in letting users know when its software feels the need to check in with HQ. The question is why does the WGA need to run daily? Microsoft's answer is suspect at best. | ||
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