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SHANGHAI, China — An anti-piracy tactic by Microsoft Corp. that turns some computer users’ screens black has set off a wave of indignation among Chinese consumers, posing renewed problems for the software maker in the huge China market.
In the week since Microsoft deployed an updated anti-piracy tool here, some Chinese have fumed about what they see as an invasion of privacy.
At issue is Windows Genuine Advantage, a tool Micro soft uses to assess, over the Internet, whether a PC has one of the pirated copies of Windows that flourish in developing countries.
