Been there, done that and got the t-shirt. It is possible due to the way any OS works, you just have to trust all the packets it sends via the published means are all the packets being sent. I know its possible because I've done work on the technology in similar systems to that which Windows uses.

 

Of course it's possible, since an OS manages the connection between the software and hardware. In your previous post, were you saying that you have evidence that Microsoft is hiding packets sent to them by Vista, or were you just stating that it would be possible for them to do so?

 

Its not MS confidentially I'd break because I don't actually know what MS is doing, I'm talking about the possibility it can be done based on projects I've worked on elsewhere

 

I'm confused. Why do you believe the fact that an OS manages the connection between software and hardware is a secret?

Of course it's possible, since an OS manages the connection between the software and hardware. In your previous post, were you saying that you have evidence that Microsoft is hiding packets sent to them by Vista, or were you just stating that it would be possible for them to do so?

 

I'm saying its simple to do, I can't actually say weather or not it is done without investigation. I simply said it could be dome quite simply so if MS wanted to send more data than they said they were, there would be no way to say they weren't without specialist means of doing so.

 

I'm confused. Why do you believe the fact that an OS manages the connection between software and hardware is a secret?

 

Its not but the potential of what it allows the OS to do is important here.