Windows 10: No, Microsoft is not spying on you with Windows 10

Well,, is anyone forcing you to use 10?? Ah, No. So what is your real issue?

 

Funny how often somebody who isn't doing anything that would interest anybody is one who thinks Microsoft's biggest concern is spying on him. *Biggrin

 

I would still insist on closing the doors and windows when I go out, MS need to be more open and convince me to use Win10, as it is, nah...

 

I just want control over download and scheduling of of updates back. *Sad

 

I have shut off the auto update in Windows Update, and can schedule a reboot out a week or so, it appears. (I believe this is a Pro feature.) I also wish I had more control than that, but It Is What It Is.

I have shut off the ability to pass around updates from my PC. That's a bandwidth concern more than anything.

If I were terribly worried about spying and Microsoft snooping on me, I should also probably take a sledgehammer to my Android phone.

Excellent article to push back from all the FUD.

 

I can understand they need to know certain information about me to provide services efficiently to me but I don't like they share those info to "trusted partners", I wonder who are these trusted partners.

 

I am looking at this like that one commenter did objectivity. I kind of agree with commenter the policy should of stated if it was Microsoft stuff or just an xbox or skype related privacy policy. The commenter thinks the author interpreted the polices differently.


Zdnet & Cnet is owned by CBS? Would you download from Cnet?


What needs to be done is a test from a 3 party at an independent lab to see what is & isn't transmitted online if any that would solve the issue for those worried about using 10 for banking, & shopping. Also, do the same for those windows 7 & 8.1 with the telemetry updates installed. It is spreading that Microsoft doing the same things with those.


Maybe we will all find out when we hear from the top privacy group in U.K. and the U.S. (EFF).

 

With those installer wrappers, that now only have PUPs, but full grown Great Danes! Aaaaaaah no.

 

Wow! One person claims, despite all the wording in MS's own documents, that MS is NOT spying and, surprise, surprise, all the MS "fans" jump on the bandwagon exclaiming -- heay, right!!

Once again, unlike some of those who have claimed MS is spying by citing quotations from MS's own documents, the author of this article simply says there is nothing in there. A simple, cursory reading of MS's documents shows that this author's claim is nothing more than pro-MS smokescreen.

And, once again, another MS fan uses slurs like "tinfoil hat".

 

Paranoia may destroy ya!!!

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I think the only way to really know what's going on is credible independent testing because I don't think MS is going to spell it out for us.

I would like to know a couple of things.

1. What data collection and remote operation is MS capable of and I mean full capabilities.
2. What data collection is going on a routine basis for the typical W10 PC user.

Would probably a US Supreme Court decision to get answers to those questions.

Bottom Line is, I don't believe anyone here knows other than pure speculation. There are a lot of opinions being formed on both sides and in between regarding the data gathering/spying issue, I would like to know the facts then make an informed decision.

 

Its Just Skynet In Its Infancy

 

You can turn off many of the tracking systems in Win 10 if you're really that worried:

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Right click and run as admin. I suggest disabling not deleting; will be prompted to restart after making changes.

Note this will disable Cortana and Bing searches, local searches will still be available.

 

. . ."The Sky Is Falling. . .*really

 

People should learn and Disable everything from Settings > Privacy.

Just because they hear that Windows 10 is collecting the data then they should also understand Google is doing the same when you search anything daily.