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Kuu · 13/11/2012 08:33 PM

(13/11/2012 06:18 PM)Joom Wrote: It's a tool incorporated into Windows 8 that scans your hard drive for any signs of child hershey kisses (maybe more, nobody really knows yet) and reports it back to Microsoft. This explains it a bit more. Disregard the fact that it's an email to Richardo Stallmanu.

That link doesn't say anything about it actually being there, just a suspicion. Where are the sources saying it's there?

1-R · 13/11/2012 09:06 PM

So besides the sound and wallpapers what benefits are there to this theme in Win8 that I can't easily replicate in Win7?

Joom · 13/11/2012 09:16 PM

(13/11/2012 07:38 PM)trademark91 Wrote: or being against mandatory drug screens would make him a drug addict.

* Joom coughs

Anyway, wee've gotten entirely off topic here. I apologize.

(13/11/2012 08:33 PM)Kuu Wrote: That link doesn't say anything about it actually being there, just a suspicion. Where are the sources saying it's there?

http://www.microsoft.com/government/ww%2...195&aID=57

Welp, it's in Taiwan now.

ZiNgA BuRgA · 13/11/2012 09:28 PM

(13/11/2012 09:16 PM)Joom Wrote:
(13/11/2012 08:33 PM)Kuu Wrote: That link doesn't say anything about it actually being there, just a suspicion. Where are the sources saying it's there?

http://www.microsoft.com/government/ww%2...195&aID=57

Welp, it's in Taiwan now.

Doesn't say anything to do with Windows 8

Quote:The PhotoDNA initiative makes Taiwan the first Asian country to cooperate with Internet service providers

Sounds like something for ISPs or law enforcement, not on your OS.

Joom · 13/11/2012 09:34 PM

It's being distributed to social media networks, local law enforcement agencies, and ISPs. However, the service still has to be running locally so it can call home. I doubt these places are going to be tapping into suspected PCs. And if it's not blatantly stated that it's limited to Windows 8 only, then that probably means it's going to be used on all Windows systems.

ZiNgA BuRgA · 13/11/2012 09:57 PM

(13/11/2012 09:34 PM)Joom Wrote: However, the service still has to be running locally so it can call home.

My understanding was that the ISP monitors the connection and scans for images there. I don't understand why it actually needs to be installed on consumer PCs at all...

It's not like this can't be tested anyway - with most connections behind NATs, there'd have to be some application dialing out every now and then. If it were the case, surely it would've been noticed by now.
If it's a future Windows Update or similar, then that's another thing and not really a Windows 8 concern.

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