The thing that irritated me about the article was that the guy sounded like he had discovered something new and horrifying, and that it really needed shouting about, when in reality pretty much anyone who is well-acquainted with the foibles of Windows is perfectly aware of. Was the system doing anything nasty "behind the user's back"? No.
Like Steve Gibson (grc.com), who talks like he invented the port scanner, but his isn't just a basic port scanner, it's a "laser death star shield" or some equally stupid name. I think this sort of over-the-top security paranoia (IT security is very important, but it has to be kept in perspective, otherwise joe average user will ignore the advice of the professionals) probably started the day someone coined the name "firewall", which has no logical reference to its job.
Viking, don't take this as me criticising you, I'm just criticising the author of the article :-) And I'm ranting, so don't mind me. :-)
