First of all, I need to say one point about this post. I don’t want to set up any flame. I just want to know something, no matter from professional technolgy view, or from ethic view. Here we go.
The day before yesterday, I saw a TV program, on a English channel, which talks about the ‘blank screen’ plan adopted by Microsoft recently. I had not completely understanded what they say, but one thing I heard is about the privacy, of which I am interested in.
Of course, we are not right to use the pirate version, but the software is too expensive for a lot of people in China. And in addition, can Microsoft use this way to control personal computer or to know your privacy? Is this kind of behavior too much? What do you guys think?
Because the limitation of my poor expression, here are some links could help you to understand. 🙂
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china29-2008oct29,0,3703471.story
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2333057,00.asp
http://www.worldlawdirect.com/forum/internet-law/17761-microsoft-black-screen-plan-china-foiled-u-s-copyright-law.html