Hmmmm.
So THAT is why Microsoft has essentially set up a pen trace on every Windows 7, 8, and 10 system!
Thus even if they don't report back the _content_ of TCP/IP communications, Microsoft essentially has a social network communications graph for a large portion of the Internet, all being sent back to central services.
A machine is getting hammered by a packet flood? Microsoft can identity the actual compromised machines doing the sending, correlate with other machines involved in the flood and allow backtracking to the control nodes, and even report back on what installed software on these machines to pinpoint what executables and processes in question are responsible for the flood.
It's actual genius in its scope, turning all Windows machines plus Microsoft cloud services into a vast collective immune system.
..one which you have to pay to be protected from?!?!
Oops..
Maybe this thing, coupled with all the malware interacting on it will spontaneously synergistically awaken.
"Resistance is futile.. Your technology will be assimilated!"
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