When playing CDs with newer versions of Media Player, this handy little application will go out to the Internet and return with handy information for you such as information about the CD such as the play list, album cover, artists, etc.
However, in the latest version, another feature has been added that may have privacy implications.
When you open the Media Player (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Entertainment -> Media Player) and choose Options from the Tools Menu, you will see an option called "Allow Internet sites to uniquely identify your player?"
What this does is to potentially allow other sites to monitor what you are listening to or watching with Media Player.
In the Help File, it claims that the purpose of uniquely identifying your player (using an identifier that your Media Player sends) is to monitor the connection quality when streaming audio or video files.
That's probably all it is being used for -- for now.
To turn off this feature, all you have to do is clear (click) the check box and click OK.
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