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originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: Phage
What you have to realize is the average person is not an expert in computing…they are ignorant.
I’ve worked in IT for almost 3 decades and know the utter helplessness of the average user
It’s pitiful and Microsoft knows this
Sure some people know this or that like some people can do an oil change on their car.
This is not a feature of Windows 10—this exists only for the Technical Preview and will be removed from the final version of Windows 10.
Update: Microsoft has made a statement to WinBeta saying: “The Windows 10 Technical Preview is a pre-release build of the OS designed for testing, evaluation and feedback. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, all data sent from the Windows 10 Technical Preview to Microsoft is encrypted in transit and we store the personal information you provide on computer systems that have limited access and are in controlled facilities.
Once you download Tech Preview and become a member of the Windows Insider Program, you provide information about how you use the product, including what devices you use it with, along with your detailed feedback to make adjustments before we launch the product.”
Back in November Microsoft confirmed Windows 10’s worst kept secret: its extensive telemetry (or ‘spying’ as it has been labelled) cannot be stopped. What no-one realised until now, however, is just how staggering the extent of this tracking really is…
Blowing the lid on it this week is Voat user CheesusCrust whose extensive investigation found Windows 10 contacts Microsoft to report data thousands of times per day. And the kicker? This happens after choosing a custom Windows 10 installation and disabling all three pages of tracking options which are all enabled by default.
The raw numbers come out as follows: in an eight hour period Windows 10 tried to send data back to 51 different Microsoft IP addresses over 5500 times. After 30 hours of use, Windows 10 expanded that data reporting to 113 non-private IP addresses. Being non-private means there is the potential for hackers to intercept this data. I’d argue this is the greatest cost to owning Windows 10.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Informer1958
How can something be tyranny if you aren't forced to buy it?
originally posted by: tanka418
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Informer1958
How can something be tyranny if you aren't forced to buy it?
Actually, you should try using WindowsXP...doesn't work so well anymore, and, unless you're the US Navy, you won't get any support.
originally posted by: glend
a reply to: hellobruce
Just because it was you tube doesn't mean it isn't true either.
Cortana analyzes speech data, Microsoft collects “your voice input, as well as your name....
link
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: tanka418
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Informer1958
How can something be tyranny if you aren't forced to buy it?
Actually, you should try using WindowsXP...doesn't work so well anymore, and, unless you're the US Navy, you won't get any support.
My company still has computers that use Windows XP.