RE: [Full-Disclosure] Computer Sabotage by Microsoft

["James Patterson Wicks" <pwicks@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like someone did not read the XBox Live! EULA.  What happens is the 
X-Box displays a message that you cannot play on Live! until you go to the 
download center.  If you agree to go to the download center, I would think that 
you would expect a download.  All you have to do is not agree and stay out of 
the download center, but then again, that would kind of defeat the purpose of 
playing Live!  Since the new Live! dashboard is the "hub" of communication for 
the XBox now, I do not see the point of staying with the old dashboard and not 
being able to connect to anyone.

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From: full-disclosure-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stefan Esser
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:31 PM
To: full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Computer Sabotage by Microsoft


Hi,

well it finally happened. I came back home after work, connected my
XBOX to the internet and went into the XBOX-Live menu configuration.
Well what happened. The XBOX started automaticly downloading the new
crappy XBOX-Live dashboard, which is of course fixed. 

This is IMHO an act of computer sabotage. I have never allowed MS
to modify my dashboard or to auto update my dashboard.

Is any lawyer on the list who can point me to the right paragraphs?
I do not believe this computer sabotage is legal in any european
country.

Yours,
Stefan Esser

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