Subj : Re: Windows 10 Tracking
To   : Deavmi
From : Deavmi
Date : Sat Nov 19 2016 21:24:34

On 2016-11-19 09:23 PM, Deavmi wrote:
> On 2015-11-03 03:05 AM, Mercyful Fate wrote:
>> Well this takes the cake...  Some things an OS should and shouln't do.
>> I have to look closer at the things that can not be disabled.. heh
>>
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>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/11/02/microsoft-confirms-unstoppa
>>
>> ble-windows-10-tracking/
>>
>> So how concerned should users be about Windows 10's default data
>> collection
>> policies? I would say very.
>>
>> By default Windows 10 Home is allowed to control your bandwidth usage,
>> install
>> any software it wants whenever it wants (without providing detailed
>> information on what these updates do), display ads in the Start Menu
>> (currently it has been limited to app advertisements), send your hardware
>> details and any changes you make to Microsoft and even log your browser
>> history and keystrokes which the Windows End User Licence Agreement
>> (EULA)
>> states you allow Microsoft to use for analysis.
>>
>> The good news: even if Belfiore states you cannot switch off everything,
>> editing your privacy settings will disable the worst of these. To find
>> them
>> open the Start menu > Settings > Privacy.
>>
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> Windows 10 is absolute crap.
Actually. As an experience it is fine.


What I don't like is the tracking and also how Windows 10 pre-installed 
machines are screwed by Microsoft from the BIOS up.
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