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received the following email from Shane Hanson and I'm not sure what to think. Figured I'd post it out of curiosity to see what my readers think of the accusations here and to promote conspiracy theorist activity in general Smile You know most of my readers like hearing about Microsoft being evil and such.

Windows Media Player Digital Rights Management Spy
This is something really nasty in the XP filing system... it's in Windows Media Player, and it not only has all the information about Digital Rights Management, it also has all the information about your local police force..... QED... Not only is microsoft spying on you, they are also telling the cops what you have got on your system....

This is part of the sequence of this file, if you have media player, and do a search for these individual words... you will find it...

DrmDescription
DrmLicense
classification
description
microsoft border
postcode
microsoft theme
created
pics-label
title
expires
law_association_area
originator
dc.language
dc.date.modified
I picked it up doing an obscure "word" search when looking for a lost file, and it came up possibly in a "obscure" type file...

Ummm like a *.cll ??? (not dll) or some other really "odd" system? file type....

This is what I extracted "in part"? from the file before deleting it.......


This is pretty much total "person" web tracking....




Property Set Property Friendly Name Data Type Cached Size Storage Level
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0xc
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0xd DocPartTitles
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0xe DocManager
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0xf DocCompany
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x8 DocNoteCount
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x9 DocHiddenCount
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0xa
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0xb
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x4 DocByteCount
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x5 DocLineCount
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x6 DocParaCount
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x7 DocSlideCount
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x2 DocCategory
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x3 DocPresentationTarget
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x18
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x16
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x17
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x10
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x11
d5cdd502-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x13
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae _pid_hlinks
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae email
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae vendor name
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae nwversion
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae company state
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae purchase order number
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae purchase order date
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae _pid_guid
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae employee number
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae company fax
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae customer name
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae from
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae sbfm version
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae lcid
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae company zip
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae company address
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae statement number
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae total purchase order
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae company phone
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae invoice number
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae total reimbursement/payment
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae employee name
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae version
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae language
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae to
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d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae total invoice
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x100000b
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x100000a
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x1000009
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x1000008
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x100000f
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x100000e
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x100000d
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x100000c
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x1000003
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x1000006
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x1000005
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x1000004
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae company city
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae 0x1000007
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae microsoft theme
d5cdd505-2e9c-101b-9397-08002b2cf9ae company name
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70eb7a10-55d9-11cf-b75b-00aa0051fe20 input.alt
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0695531d-3ecc-11d1-99b8-0000e84258e1 0x400
0695531d-3ecc-11d1-99b8-0000e84258e1 0x3fc
0695531d-3ecc-11d1-99b8-0000e84258e1 0x3fd...

...56a3372e-ce9c-11d2-9f0e-006097c686f6 0xb MusicGenre
56a3372e-ce9c-11d2-9f0e-006097c686f6 0xc
56a3372e-ce9c-11d2-9f0e-006097c686f6 0x2 MusicArtist
56a3372e-ce9c-11d2-9f0e-006097c686f6 0x4 MusicAlbum
56a3372e-ce9c-11d2-9f0e-006097c686f6 0x5 MusicYear
56a3372e-ce9c-11d2-9f0e-006097c686f6 0x7 MusicTrack
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x2 Directory
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x3 ClassId
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x4
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x5 VT_UI4 4 Primary
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x6 VT_UI4 4 Primary
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x7 VT_UI4 4 Primary
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b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0xa Filename
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0xb Path VT_LPWSTR 86 Secondary
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0xc Size VT_I8 8 Secondary
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0xd Attrib VT_UI4 4 Primary
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0xe Write VT_FILETIME 8 Secondary
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0xf Create
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x10 Access
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x11
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x12 AllocSize
b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac 0x14 ShortFilename
6444048f-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0xc ImageFrameCount
6444048f-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0xd ImageDimensions
6444048f-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0x4 ImageCy
6444048f-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0x5 ImageResolutionX
6444048f-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0x6 ImageResolutionY
6444048f-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0x7 ImageBitDepth
6444048f-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0x3 ImageCx
64440490-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0x3 AudioTimeLength
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64440491-4c8b-11d1-8b70-080036b11a03 0x9 VideoSampleSize
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c82bf596-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 0x3
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c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 th.background
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c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 body.background
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 applet.codebase
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 a.href A_Href
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 link.stylesheet
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 meta.url
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c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 link.officechildlist
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 frame.src
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 object.codebase
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c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 style
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 img.usemap
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 area.href
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 script
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 applet.code
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 iframe.src
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 input.src
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 table.background
c82bf597-b831-11d0-b733-00aa00a1ebd2 img.src
14b81da1-0135-4d31-96d9-6cbfc9671a99 0x106
14b81da1-0135-4d31-96d9-6cbfc9671a99 0x140...
...560c36c0-503a-11cf-baa1-00004c752a9a 0x2 Characterization
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x11 DocThumbnail
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x10 DocCharCount
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x13 DocSecurity
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x12 DocAppName
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x9 DocRevNumber
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x8 DocLastAuthor
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f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0xa DocEditTime
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0xd DocLastSavedTm
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0xc DocCreatedTm
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0xf DocWordCount
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0xe DocPageCount
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x3 DocSubject
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x2 DocTitle VT_LPWSTR 4 Secondary
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x5 DocKeywords
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x4 DocAuthor
f29f85e0-4ff9-1068-ab91-08002b27b3d9 0x7 DocTemplate
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d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 classification
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 description
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d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 postcode
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 microsoft theme
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 created
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 pics-label
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 title
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 expires
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 law_association_area
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 originator
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 dc.language
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 dc.date.modified
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 state
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 robots
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 specialisation
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 content-type
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 crc
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 dc.title
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 changedby
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 pragma
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 version
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 dc.creator
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 progid
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 refresh
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1 date
d1b5d3f0-c0b3-11cf-9a92-00a0c908dbf1&...

I get / buy software to do a job for me, not keep tabs on me.

Also, If you rip a file with the WinXP audio extractor and then send that file to a friend as a WMA then Internet Explorer will automatically open up a connection to microsoft.com with encrypted data in to the URL. The resulting page tells you you should contact Microsoft to aquire a 'license' for the file. This also happens in Win2K if you update it via Microsoft Updates.

The really suss part is that this happens when you use ANY player that supports WMA (like WinAMP) because the spy code is in the .dlls provided by Microsoft rather than WinAMP itself. Basically WMA/WMV is a wrapper around open formats like MP4 so these formats ONLY exist to provide DRM and lock people into M$ products (the formats are patented).

The reality for M$ users is that there is nothing they can do to really protect themselves other than use Linux or buy a Mac. Firefox, Thunderbird, Spybot and Zonealarm help but the protection they offer isn't failsafe, especially when Microsoft themselves are the ones trying to circumvent them.

If you insist on M$ products and you REALLY want privacy then buy your computer second-hand and never enter your real name in any document, email or website - ever. It's paranoid but it actually works.
It made me so mad i was like:
غريبة هنا النص العربي يظهر بدون اي تعليق مع ان الموقع اجنب وفي العديد من المنتديات الأجنبية النص العربي يعلق معان الموقع عربي وش الحل ؟!!!
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That article is kinda bullshit towards the end. Because there's DRM on WMA my only solution is to switch to Linux or Mac! ZOMG! HOW COULD I EVER EVEN CONSIDER USING THE BETTER, AND MORE WIDELY ACCEPTED, MP3 FORMAT!
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#3
is there away to just get rid of the part of the files that are spying on you?
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