Is it true?

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Recently read about Microsoft including another company's new "anti identity theft" technology in an upcoming update for Windows and Microsoft Office. For example, according to the story, it will be included on the toolbar of MS Word. Is there any truth to this allegation?
 
Dear Poster,

Regarding your post:

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| From: "=?Utf-8?B?UEVHY2FwaXRhbA==?=" <[email protected]>
| Subject: Is it true?
| Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:46:08 -0800
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| Recently read about Microsoft including another company's new "anti
identity theft" technology in an upcoming update for Windows and Microsoft
Office. For example, according to the story, it will be included on the
toolbar of MS Word. Is there any truth to this allegation?
|

Microsoft cannot comment on features being considered for inclusion in
unreleased products.

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Paul Hayes, MCSE
Product Support Services
Microsoft Corporation
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No offense Paul, but that was a doublespeak event of Orwellian proportions.
Post a reply to say you can't reply.

To Answer PEGcapital's question, Microsoft will include many new features in
their products, and you *will* like them. Rest assured. However, you
should be very nervous about the trusted computing initiatives that many
companies are itching for.
 
Hi James,

Regarding your post:

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| From: "James Martin" <martin 426 At yahoo>
| Subject: Re: Is it true?
| Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:09:08 -0500
|
| No offense Paul, but that was a doublespeak event of Orwellian
proportions.
| Post a reply to say you can't reply.
|
| To Answer PEGcapital's question, Microsoft will include many new features
in
| their products, and you *will* like them. Rest assured. However, you
| should be very nervous about the trusted computing initiatives that many
| companies are itching for.

At the risk of the even more "double-speak" let me clarify my reason for
posting the reply .

People often ask for specifics on features in the next release. The
original poster wanted very specific details including a confirmation on if
the feature would be included in the Word interface.

As a rule Microsoft will not confim. However, if Microsoft were to ignore
every such question with not even an acknoledgement that we saw the post,
it would be even more frustrating to the poster.

While Microsoft maintains a long-standing policy of not commenting on
features in unreleased products, we have remind people of this fact
occasionally to let them know that we are listening to them, not ignoring
them, and also to remind others who read posts in a public forum that if
such questions are asked (future features) they will not recieve
confirmation from Microsoft in that forum. Hopefully this achieves two
things:

1. Lets people know that we are in the communities and do care about what
people are discussing and
2. Occasionally reminding people that they should not expect to get
confirmation on questions that have been and continue to be out-of-bounds.

Thanks,

- Paul Hayes






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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/security/default.asp

Windows 2000 Security Homepage:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/security/default.asp

Top 10 Windows Newsgroups Security Questions:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/newsgroups/default.asp?url=/technet/newsgro
ups/nodepages/sectop10.asp

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Paul Hayes, MCSE
Product Support Services
Microsoft Corporation
(e-mail address removed)
 
No problem, I was just giving you a hard time because your reply struck me
as funny. (In a corporate kinda way) :)
 
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