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Comment Re:This could be a good thing. (Score 1, Flamebait) 374

by vindex on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @10:31AM (#20553223) Attached to: Will GPLv3 Drive Users from Linux to FreeBSD?

You mean you needed more elitism? Phew. I almost abandoned FreeBSD for that reason years ago, and I still am afraid to return to some BSD forums, where Linux users are treated as fanboys. No such thing on Linux forums (yet).

Submission + - Microsoft's Consent-or-Die Patent

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theodp

on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @04:04AM

theodp writes: "Maybe you shouldn't get too attached to those new Windows Live services. On Tuesday, the USPTO granted Microsoft a patent for Privacy policy change notification, which describes how to threaten users will the loss of their account, access to web sites and services, and all of the content they provided should they refuse to consent to changes in privacy policy to allow personal information collected earlier with a promise of confidentiality to be shared in the future with third parties. Also described is a 'Never Notify Me' option so you won't have to worry your pretty little head over privacy policy changes."

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