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Originally posted by Dragonlich
Privacy and XP: you have to register your copy with Microsoft if you want to use it for more than 30 days. Well, if it's an official version anyway. That's the main privacy problem: the computer sends a code (based on it's hardware) to MS, which then sends you an activation code back. Now, the privacy advocates asked: what else is being send to MS, huh??? Then there's error reporting, which sends data to MS too (but asks you before it does), automatic updates (which is set to download without asking you, but asks if you want to install. Can be changed, though), and probably many others.
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Technically, registration is optional. The software does have to be activated in this way. They are 2 different things. The activation code is a one way hash of hardware serials that are on your system.