Windows 10: Is keylogging holding you back?

Just wondering if others are concerned enough about keylogging to not really use windows 10 or reco to anyone else? Sophistication of hackery these days is scary enough with no help from Microsoft/Google/Apple - we have no idea who is working for whom against which. If I were a corporate IT boss I wouldn't dare deploy any test units outside my own office.

I'm using it only on my HTPC and will not enter any personal info other than the most benign login credentials to forums like this one.

that all said, 10 is a good effort so far but they better pay attention to the scant corporate feedback.

:)

 

Is Windows 10 an Improvement if all settings are Disabled?

Thank you for replying. I actually wasn't worried about keylogging as much as what's in the privacy policy - that MS will scan and capture content from emails and web searches, which it says it will share with advertisers and contracted parties. I can
turn that off, but is that content collection (not from keylogging) the primary advantage Win 10 has over prior OS's?

 

Windows 10 running really slow

Sorry, is now almost 2018 and I am using build 17063, still very slow as though there is a keylogging going on, acts just like that!

STILL AIN'T FIXED!

 

Doesn't bother me if its only while testing so MS can see how the systems get used

I have other reasons for not using 10 much at the moment, but not this one

 

Well..., I'm not gonna do my banking on WTP.
If you have concerns read the EULA and the fwlink's that apply.

 

I have a dual boot set up and I do all my online baking/bill paying with Win8.1.1 and I just test Win10TP on it's own, so I take no risk there.

@OP, if you're that concerned why did you agree to test knowing that MS wanted information on the TP to begin with. Also, what does Google/Apple have to do with this??

*Huh

 

AFAIK - all of the reports say that keylogging is possible, but none have confirmed if it's being used or not.

I'm not afraid of Microsoft misusing my data. But there has to be consideration given to what happens if they're hacked.

But I feel that there's more risk with my credit/debit card info being stored/saved by big corporations in the retail industry.

Finally, the real risk here isn't for those of us who are willing to try new technology, but rather those that aren't technologically knowledgeable.

 

Doesn't worry me in the slightest. As it is my main OS certainly I have used it to do banking - I truly doubt MS would help hackers by passing my details even if they do collect it which I doubt.

 

To answer your thread question -- YES. Once I read about that, I severely curtailed my use of the OS.

I still have Win8.1 intact and use it for daily activities.

 

I don't think it's something we have to be overly concerned about. If I thought MS was going to misuse my personal info I wouldn't have downloaded and installed Windows 10. I do limit the amount of personal info I submit in Widows 10 though. Until we have the option to opt out of sharing our usage of Windows 10, I'm more concerned with someone hacking MS and stealing my info. IMO MS has listened to our likes and dislikes of Windows 8 and is trying to make an OS that will please people on both sides of the debate.

 

What ? there is a keyloger on WTP ? Damn didn't knew about. I was using it as my main OS but I guess i should be more careful

 

I wouldn't call it a "keyloger" per say. It's a tool that MS has set up in the TP to send some information back on how the OS is used. I doubt that any private information is going back to MS.

It was in the terms when you or anyone chose to use the TP. I think that the OP is either simply panicking or just trying to stir things up to cause some confusion.

 

Sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree. MS indicates that they are capturing keystrokes. That is "keylogging". Just because they might not be capturing all the keystrokes all the time only changes how much keylogging they are doing, not the fact that they are doing it.

Until they provide a feature that allows us to limit what they capture and when they capture it, we have no way to limit the kind of information they are capturing and/or retaining.

In my case, I've decided to err on the side of caution by not entering anything I do not want them to capture.

 

I agree with the dissenters...keylogging is a hacking utility. To think that it will all stay in the "right" hands...that my sensitive info is "safe in the loving hands of MS..." is naive. I think it very risky to enter personal and sensitive info into Ten at this point. Even the slight possibility of risk is enough to solicit my caution. I have long trusted MS, but their info collection process as of late erodes that trust. They, along with Google and others want to know everything about you. It makes me feel that we are now entering the Socialistic era of Big Brother (D). The technology is in place to control the masses with information.

So the answer to the question? No, it isn't holding me back from testing. But I won't be entering any sensitive info into the MS servers until W10 has been out and is determined by independent and objective sources that such information collection has ceased and third party software is available to safeguard against the possibility. I also have my win10 install fire-walled (hardware) off from the rest of my network. I won't be subject to the security risks of a Smart Phone while using my desktop.

 

I also am not that concerned about it but I'm not using Win 10 as my everyday machine either. At least MS was somewhat open about it. The fact of the matter is a lot of us could have keyloggers on our machines and never even know it.