Used to nab pirates.
On Tuesday, 5th May 2015 – 17:45
During a trial in Seattle, it emerges that Microsoft logs IP addresses when a Windows 7 License activated.
You have accepted that they log your IP
One or more persons behind a Verizon IP address should have tried to activate Windows 7 as many times that Microsoft was forced to pull the person or persons for the judicial system.
“ As part of its e-crime methods, analyzes the Microsoft product key activation data voluntarily provided by users when they activate Microsoft Software, including IP address used when the product key is activated , “according to the lawsuit.
– Hundreds of false activations
Microsoft reveals, moreover, that their tools make it possible to analyze billions of activations of the company’s software, and see patterns that looks suspicious.
Verizon IP address mentioned in the case should have been trying to activate Windows 7 hundreds of times.
The keys are either stolen from a distribution joint, never been real and used many more times than what is allowed under licensing agreement between Microsoft and uses.
Source:
TorrentFreak
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