Inside Windows Product Activation

"Unfortunately this analysis has left the question unanswered what information Internet-based product activation reveals to Microsoft and how Internet-based product activation therefore impacts the users' privacy. This question is particularly interesting, as Internet-based product activation involves transmitting an amount of data to the Microsoft activation servers that exceeds the amount of data contained in the installation ID by orders of magnitude."
They have compiled 12 pages of data that deal with how Windows product activation works. Good stuff to say the least.

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