Can you trust this company (Microsoft) to correctly decide what is and what isn’t spyware? I worry that they will be inclined to be more lenient on companies with whom they have deals and partnerships, and harder on companies competing with them or their partners. But that’s just me, they could be pillars of decency and integrity and I’m just paranoid. The final product isn’t even out yet, and they are already talking about “shades of grey”, I find that somewhat worrying. As far as I am concerned, spyware is any program or tracking method placed on my PC that I didn’t authorize. Pretty simple really, almost black and white you might say. Lets face it, Microsoft don’t have a great record of playing nice with others, they have twice been found guilty of anti-competitive behaviour, and their legal history makes Judge Judy look like Days of our lives. Read more at TheInquirer.
