Nearly ALL of the new applicaitons, and previous windows versions are already doing this.. Most of the updates are designed to allow gathering of information, and if not possible, due to older software, security settings, disabling of known privacy issues etc, the updates have a tendancy to revert security settings and automatically phone home with newly gathered info, or make those older things non-functional, to compell users to UPGRADE to new "inclusive" software/hardware... just look at the new software requirements to sell something on ebay... you can't use previous "secure" versions of browsers because they are not compatible with the NEW seller features, and you can't OPT out of the "NEW" features for sellers to list something for-sale... major advertising companies are using "NEW" code that is designed to get behind a fire-wall and ask permission to send gathered info back to the ads server, but if you have the older secure software, those new ads manage somehow to freeze, lock up, or crash that old secure computer... when you make mention of it to the companies, their only suggestion is to ensure that your software is "UP-TO-DATE" It's not just update and cool new software, one might say it's a war on privacy :P