I don't think they can run that code legally in many countries. A passive scan that doesn't go in and search for things but reacts as someone attempts to use a hack is ok, but active security scans that go in and rummage through your files, searching for undesired material is a legal gray area in most countries and flat out illegal in some. They might want to be careful about using something like that. Could turn into a PR nightmare for them. They're allready under fire here in Norway for issuing updates that removes features (that Linux-killing Firmware update). Our equivalent of the Office of Fair Trading, Forbrukerrådet, is likening it to "buying a six-seat car, having it serviced and returned to you as a four-seater because that's what the manufacturer wants it to be from now on". It'll probably reach the courts, and spying on their consumers probably isn't going to help their case.




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