Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed
Dawes, Stephen
Stephen.Dawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca
Tue Sep 18 10:01:29 EDT 2001
TOO LATE Shaun!
Microsoft is already doing what you suspected.
With the release of Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft is having data sent
from your computer back to them. I am including an article from a
newsletter that I subscribe to that explains what is going on.
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What the Heck Are "QMgr" and "LoadQM?"
I recently installed IE6 & MS messenger and i had a program
called Microsoft qmgr trying to access the internet (zone
alarm told me that!) i read some where when i tried to search
what the hell is that , that it is a Microsoft program that
lets other Microsoft network users know you are online, i know
your against installing messenger programs that announces your
presence on the net , but some time you need them. could you
be kind enough to elaborate more on the subject , and thanks
for a great work.--- Dr.Mohammed A. Alghamdi
There are a couple things going on that have very similar names. The
file Loadqm.exe is a "quality monitor" that's part of MSN. It collects
and transmits anonymous statistics back to Microsoft. You can read more
about it--- and turn it off, to prevent anything from being sent back---
by opening MSN Explorer, clicking on "Help and Settings" at the top of
the pager, then click on "Privacy" in the left nav bar, then click on
"Service Quality Monitoring."
QMgr apparently is a "queue manager" identified as a "Background File
Downloader" that "Downloads data for programs when the computer is
idle."
There is no separate on/off switch for QMgr that I know of, but it can
be blocked by ZoneAlarm (and by other firewalls that allow per-
application settings). I've noticed no problems from blocking QMgr; if I
ever do encounter a download problem, I can adjust ZoneAlarm on the fly
to allow QMgr to connect temporarily, and then can re-disable it.
By manually disabling the Quality Manager and using ZoneAlarm to block
the QMgr, you can regain control over some of the less obvious
background activities that may be going on in your PC.
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What this article is saying, is that you don't need to wait for Windows
XP, as Microsoft will be collecting information on every computer that
has Internet Explorer 6.0 installed on it, regardless of the operating
system.
Oh those
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If any of you are interested in seeing more by this author, let me know,
and I will send you the mailing information directly.
Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc.
Web Business Office, The City of Calgary
PHONE: (403) 268-5527.
FAX: (403) 268-6423
E-MAIL ADDRESS: Stephen.Dawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca
Internet: http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun Oliver [mailto:shauno at goanna.net.au]
> Sent: 2001 September 18 4:49 AM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Intellectual Property Legislation Proposed
>
>
> rodney, I'm incline to agree with you.
> I've forwarded some of this to my nearest and dearest for
> their oppinions
> on this matter.
> I live in australia which means nothing at this point but
> it's pretty safe
> to say, that if this legislation goes ahead, I'm forced to
> wonder how long
> it would be before something similar is preposed over here as well.
> and as for suggestions that microsoft may have had a hand or
> at least a
> vested interest in this legislation,
> I'd have to agree with this also. basicly, it's more than
> likely common
> knowledge by now that microsoft are going to have some sort of spy
> software imbedded in the kernel of their windows xp operating system.
> as far as I can assertain, this is to insure that noone is using the
> software ilegally.
> this piece of legislation is seeking to do the very thing
> that microsoft
> have been trying to do for years.
>
>
> Shaun..
>
> Cat, n.:
> Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.
>
> Email: shauno at goanna.net.au
>
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Rodney Clowdus wrote:
>
> > I have to say Kirk that this is the correct place to
> discuss this as this
> > very list could be in danger of not being here anymore in
> the future due
> > to the nature of open source software not meeting the
> requirements of the
> > proposed bill that is before congress as we discuss these
> matters. I love
> > this list and to here the many wonderful things folks are doing with
> > speakup. It's all about freedom of the speech for the blind and all
> > people of the world. Richard Stallman is asking us all to write our
> > representative about this. Richard is very concerned and
> see's that this
> > is the greatest threat yet against the GNU foundation and
> all what it
> > stands for. I know for a fact that the government is in
> the very act of
> > making it illegal to use software that's written by what
> they negatively
> > call hackers. All my favorite software and my way of
> communicating is in
> > danger. The big corporations are trying to think of every
> means possible
> > to shut down the GNU movement which promotes free software
> for the good of
> > the blind community as well as the good for all
> communities. I hope we
> > win this one. Power to the speakup list and may she speak forever!
> >
> > The Weaving Beaver
> > rclowdus at kcnet.com
> > "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
> > "Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."
> >
> > On 17 Sep 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I feel I need to say something on this topic. This
> should be a
> > > subject which is near and dear to blind peoples hearts, access to
> > > information.
> > >
> > > If any of these laws pass I am afraid that all access
> will become more
> > > difficult. Your rights to even complain about the
> problem could get
> > > curtailed based on what media you use to object.
> > >
> > > In general I believe that all intellectual property laws should be
> > > systematically torn-down. If this does not happen I
> suspect we will
> > > lose our freedom of speech as we are about to do with our privacy.
> > > The national security agencies are in Washington today
> requesting more
> > > relaxed laws on law enforcement groups for invading our
> privacy. It
> > > is sad that a national disaster such as the events over
> the past week,
> > > will play right into the hands of organizations wishing
> to become your
> > > big brother.
> > >
> > > This is not the forum for this type of discussion,
> however, I often
> > > wonder how many people actually understand what is being
> done to the
> > > rights they worked so hard for, sometimes with their lives.
> > >
> > > Kirk
> > >
> > >
> > > Kirk
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Kirk Reiser The Computer
> Braille Facility
> > > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of
> Western Ontario
> > > phone: (519) 661-3061
> > >
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