I knew everyone would just love knowing this, since Soulcast is "anonymous" ... Your machine probably isn't.

Microsoft is playing games again. This is just the "public story." I'm too much of a paranoid to believe it ends there.

From Schneier on Security:

Microsoft Updates Both XP and Vista Without User Permission or Notification

The details are still fuzzy, but if this is true, it's a huge deal.

Note that Microsoft can do this; that's just stupid company stuff. But what's to stop anyone else from using Microsoft's stealth remote install capability to put anything onto anyone's computer? How long before some smart hacker exploits this, and then writes a program that will allow all the dumb hackers to do it?

When you build a capability like this into your system, you decrease your overall security.

Big Bro is watching you..........

aeschylus