In a controversial effort to stop software piracy, computer users who go to the Microsoft website for Windows updates will have their system scanned, to check whether their copy of Windows is a counterfeit.
Privacy advocates have called the tactic an extreme invasion of privacy.
Pam Dixon, executive director of World Privacy Forum, told The Globe and Mail that Microsoft's tactic still sets an "extremely negative precedent."
"Microsoft is saying, 'Before I let you do anything at all, you have to open your computer to us.' I really object to this," Dixon said.
Tim Prime, who works for Microsoft Canada Co., told The Globe that he is not worried customers may feel angered by the search. "Customers want to know whether retailers have sold them genuine software," Prime said.
Privacy advocates have called the tactic an extreme invasion of privacy.
Pam Dixon, executive director of World Privacy Forum, told The Globe and Mail that Microsoft's tactic still sets an "extremely negative precedent."
"Microsoft is saying, 'Before I let you do anything at all, you have to open your computer to us.' I really object to this," Dixon said.
Tim Prime, who works for Microsoft Canada Co., told The Globe that he is not worried customers may feel angered by the search. "Customers want to know whether retailers have sold them genuine software," Prime said.
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