Re: Oil Change software snoops through hard drive

At 2:17 AM 6/21/96, Alan Lewine wrote:
>But this isn't MS's RegWiz. It's capabilities sound much greater, and
>it's not clear how to opt out, etc. from the press release:
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Not buying it and not installing it would appear to be an easy way to "opt out."

(Unless the rumors are true that U.S. Programmer-General Janet Reno will
soon propose "software registration escrow," a voluntary program to meet
the legitimate needs of law enforcement by requiring the voluntary
installation of such programs as Oil Change. Know as "GAP," for "Government
Access to Programs," this system will ensure that child pornographers and
nuclear terrorists will not get access to forbidden programs.)

--Tim May

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<<I wrote:
>But this isn't MS's RegWiz. It's capabilities sound much greater, and
>it's not clear how to opt out, etc. >>Tim May replied:
<<Not buying it and not installing it would appear to be an easy way to 
"opt out.">>
Maybe i'm confused, but oil change sounds like a mole that can burrow 
unbidden into user's disks. I don't think user installation is required, 
or else it will auto install the user code on installation of whatever 
software has licensed it.
Alan L
http://www.dcez.com/~alewine