Bah, mostly all of that has been made up by conspiracy theorists who think their own shadow is out to get them. The government is corrupt, yes, but they still value the privacy of the citizens a little bit. Enough so that M$ doesn't have enough $$ to buy this kind of spyware rights and keep it out of the public eye. Honestly, markman, most of what you said is tripe passed along to you by a conspiracy theorist.