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Everyone Wants to 'Own' Your PC


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#1 visiblesoul

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 12:38 PM

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When technology serves its owners, it is liberating. When it is designed to serve others, over the owner's objection, it is oppressive. There's a battle raging on your computer right now -- one that pits you against worms and viruses, Trojans, spyware, automatic update features and digital rights management technologies. It's the battle to determine who owns your computer.

You own your computer, of course. You bought it. You paid for it. But how much control do you really have over what happens on your machine? Technically you might have bought the hardware and software, but you have less control over what it's doing behind the scenes.
Read article: http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70802-...=rss.technology


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