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Interesting snippet on El Reg [4] over the latest updated from M$.

Basically, you download the latest updated to their Media Player and give them administrator rights to your machine for them to install software remotely with blow all notice as to when this will happen. The giving of the admin rights has been accepted by you by downloading the software.
Okay, this may sound quite useful - you don't need to worry about having the latest versions of their software, it's installed for you. Look at the other side of the coin. Would you trust your machine to a company who's idea of security is effectively to have an open door with a broken padlock on and a couple of rabid hamsters sitting on a stool? This will be a crackers dream come true. No more port scans, just go in.

I suppose it is logical for M$ to do this, afterall, everyone knows how much information Windows sends back to Microsoft...
Note: How to improve your PC's security in one easy step. Remove Windows. Neither Microsoft nor MyRISCOS can be held to account for any damage to your machine by reading this article, though those dodgy images in C:/myfiles/hidden/bigbertha/ are quite nice ;-p