Windows Media Player Can Track Users!

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ibelite.com Yet another privacy issue is plaguing Microsoft, with an expert warning users of the Windows Media Player that a feature in the software could be used maliciously to track users' whereabouts online? LOL hey boss stop going to that site your going to go blind!!!

Windows Media Player by default apparently issues users an ID number, which is even worse than a cookie in terms of being able to track movements online. So far, no sites seem to be using the tracking, but that can change quickly. Because Windows Media Player is bundled with the Windows operating systems, experts say you "can definitely now track 95 percent of all home users across their every site visit on the Internet.

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