Official site of the Appraising Microsoft conferences headed by Ralph Nader and James Love.

Expiring OSes? Check the Windows 'best before' dates. (October 02, 2001)

Privacy advocates laud Microsoft for Internet Explorer's new cookie-controls, while the company tries out a new scheme for tracking web surfers across domains. (September 14, 2000)

Days after acknowledging a privacy problem with its browser, Microsoft says its privacy policy does not say how it identifies people who travel across its network of Web sites. [CNet] (September 13, 2000)

How Microsoft web sites like HotMail and MSNBC assign unique ID numbers in cookies, and shares that ID with other web tracking sites. (September 03, 2000)

Am I the only one who is terrified about Microsoft Passport? It seems to me like a fairly blatant attempt to build the world's largest, richest consumer database, and then make fabulous profits mining it. (July 26, 2000)