Kinda worrysome that MS might be watching. But after reading the article in question they are only surfing public stuff.

Your Rights Online: Microsoft Tracking Behavior of Newsgroup Posters
Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 20, @02:29PM
from the target-market dept.
theodp writes "Ever get the feeling your Usenet newsgroup list is being watched? By Microsoft? If so, consider yourself right. An interesting but troubling CNET interview with Microsoft's in-house sociologist goes into how the software giant is keeping a close eye on newsgroups and other public e-mail lists, tracking and rating contributors' social habits and determining "people who the system has shown to have value." Those concerned that it's not a good idea for computers to track their belongings and whereabouts are advised that they may ultimately have to fragment their identities, keeping multiple IDs and e-mail addresses."
- posted by Gp @ 6:31 AM