1996-06-23 - Re: Oil Change software snoops through hard drive

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From: Alan Lewine <alewine@dcez.com>
To: “Timothy C. May” <tcmay@got.net>
Message Hash: 07e358543cdeb6cf5b0ed06f2807b5a1104d1a3e2900753458845c2319834834
Message ID: <31CDA9A3.1302@dcez.com>
Reply To: <adf03dbc080210043817@[205.199.118.202]>
UTC Datetime: 1996-06-23 22:37:36 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 06:37:36 +0800

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From: Alan Lewine <alewine@dcez.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 06:37:36 +0800
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Oil Change software snoops through hard drive
In-Reply-To: <adf03dbc080210043817@[205.199.118.202]>
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<<I wrote:
>But this isn't MS's RegWiz. It's capabilities sound much greater, and
>it's not clear how to opt out, etc. >>Tim May replied:
<<Not buying it and not installing it would appear to be an easy way to 
"opt out.">>
Maybe i'm confused, but oil change sounds like a mole that can burrow 
unbidden into user's disks. I don't think user installation is required, 
or else it will auto install the user code on installation of whatever 
software has licensed it.
Alan L
http://www.dcez.com/~alewine





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