[brlug-poly] Microsuck.com site review.

[Will Hill]

Most of the information presented at this site is older, but it is well 
written, organized and reasoned:

http://www.microsuck.com/

Of particular interest are what kinds of information Microsoft likes to keep 
about you, despite your attempts to erase it.  This includes all of the 
websites you have visited, your email and so on.  The author shows you where 
to find the files, what steps have been taken to hide them from you and the 
implications of hiding the information from the user without the user's 
knowledge.  Registry abuse is also mentioned.  The "fast find" database of 
all the text you have ever entered into your computer is also explained.  

http://microsuck.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml

They also have instructions for getting around all of the above tracking, but 
I doubt they take them seriously.  Anyone will quickly realize the only way 
to avoid this kind of monkey business is to avoid software written by people 
who have abused your trust.