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Originally Posted by NightGeometry
As to the user who claimed that iTunes and WMP send info to Apple / MS - care to back that up with any background info?
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Sure.
Stick a CD in your drive.
Watch as the CD is identified.
How do you think it did that?
It did that by sending a hash encrypted "key" into a database that tells your software what that disk was. But, do you think MS just throws away that data?
Look at ITunes 8, and the "Genius" playlist.
How do you think it knows what you're listening to to compare it to others? How do you think it knows what they listen to?
It reports you. It reports you constantly. And they do this in the name of "customer service", they claim they won't do anything naughty with the data.. but if you're named in a civil action, "they" won't have any control over what gets subpeonaed.
Now, these features CAN be turned off, but I'd wager your normal everyday American thinks they're cool.