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Anybody using internet should really read this article. While targeted at windows users, most of the
rules also apply to users of Linux and mac.

"Security consultant Howard Fosdick has contributed the latest entry in the
2008 OSNews Article Contest: a highly detailed examination of security and privacy on the
Windows platform, and how to use free
software tools and a little knowledge to protect your privacy online.
Do you know that --

• Windows secretly records all the web sites you've ever visited?
• After you delete your Outlook emails and empty the Waste Basket, someone could still
  read your email?
• After you delete a file and empty the Recycle Bin, the file still exists?
• Your computer might run software that spies on you?
• Your computer might be a bot , a slave computer waiting to perform tasks assigned
  by a remote master?
• The web sites you visit might be able to compile a complete dossier of your online activities?
• Microsoft Word and Excel documents contain secret keys that uniquely identify you? They also
  collect statistics telling anyone how long you spent working on them and when. "

According to the latest studies in germany (companies not affiliate with M$).

A very good article; worth reading to better understand the difference between Linux and Windows and motivate an eventual switch...

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"Too many people think that migrating from Windows to Linux is like switching from a BMW to a Mercedes. They think that the controls should be the same, their experience should transfer directly, and all differences should be largely cosmetic. They think that "I need a car to use a road, I need an OS to use a computer. Cars all work the same way, therefore OSes should all work the same way." But this is not accurate. "I need a vehicle to use a road, I need an OS to use a computer. I know how to drive a car, I'm ignorant about motorbikes. I know how to use Windows, I'm ignorant about Linux." - this is accurate."

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