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Re:Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999) by Emendo on Saturday March 13, 2021 @04:07PM (#26449995)
> A software product could even "seek permission" from the vendor -- via the Internet or your modem -- each time it ran, so that the vendor would know whenever you started the program.

Now it is the norm.

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Re:Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999) by ReactiveJelly on Saturday March 13, 2021 @05:37PM (#26450778)
And better yet, whenever you complain about how invasive it is, someone will appear to take up page space to call you names for wanting things to be better.
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Re:Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999) by autoexec on Sunday March 14, 2021 @01:36AM (#26453275)
"everybody does it so who cares!" as if the fact that everyone is exploiting you somehow makes it acceptable.
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Re:Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside? (1999) by stjohnswarts on Saturday March 13, 2021 @08:17PM (#26451827)
Not just to check for license but also to upload all your activity for their AI to comb through :)
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