Why is Vidalia trying to launch dwwin.exe?

[R. Snyder]

Vidalia apparently tried to launch dwwin.exe, which is apparently the name 
of Microsoft's Doctor Watson error reporting tool.  Does Vidalia utilize 
Doctor Watson to report errors that occur during its operation?  If so, how 
much information about the computer on which the error occurs is 
transmitted?  Moreover, will Doctor Watson necessarily transmit error 
reports via Tor or could it transmit error reports directly via the affected 
computer's IP connection?  While these questions are specific to the 
Vidalia/dwwin situation, they raise the larger policy issue of the arguably 
lower threshold for "spyware" in anonymized communication systems and how 
legitimate feedback such as error reporting can be communicated in a manner 
that won't be considered to be "spyware."

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