Windows 10: Watch this video Pt.1 and 2 before installing Windows 10

Never heard of her before personally but after a quick google

Educational Background:

• Katherine holds a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research focused on Consumer Education and Privacy issues.
• Katherine also received a Masters in Education (Ed.M.) from Harvard, with a concentration in Technology, Innovation, and Education
• Katherine holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and International Marketing, graduating with magna cum laude honors.

 

I have promised to myself to stay within the forum rules in these "MS is spying us" conversations, as well as to stay as polite as possible. That's why, in my efforts to try to keep the promise I have made to myself I cannot and will not say what I really think.

I wonder how important some users think they are? I am not important, I know Microsoft has not the faintest interest in checking what I wrote to my sister in an email or what I said to my friend in Skype chat. I welcome my accountant and doctor and lawyer to keep my records on a Windows 10 computer if they so decide, I know that again, MS has not the faintest interest in breaking in to their computers to retrieve that data or making their computers to call home to send that information. I know there's no alarm triggered at MS when I upload the pics about yesterday's drunken pub quiz from my Windows Phone to OneDrive, as well as I know that no alarm goes off at MS when I update my monthly budget in Excel or check my online banking statements using Edge.

I am not important. Of course they are not interested in this.

I know that Microsoft, as well as Google, Adobe, Yahoo and whatnot collect data about how, when and for what purpose I use their services. I welcome that. I like the way Cortana learns my habits, willing to serve me better, I like that Google remembers me, I like that YouTube shows me recommendations based on my viewing habits. Statistics and numbers are important to any business, as is a satisfied customer; collecting the data they need to keep me satisfied and to be able to offer me better and more relevant services and ads is important and mutually beneficiary.

BTW, saying that authorities warned your dentist not to use Windows 10 is not telling anything, and it most definitely is not a proof about MS spying.

That does not make her any more credible. Or should we, because it comes from such a great authority really take it seriously when she says that "RFID chips and other emerging technologies could lead to the Mark of the Beast"?

You forgot to mention that the quote about her educational background is from her own website. Wikipedia only mentions her Doctor of Education title, the references to any Business and International Marketing degrees can only be found on her own website and on websites closely connected to her.

 

Originally a reply to the video from a moderator on NBR.
"Although it is nothing most of us did not already know, it is always good to hear of the atrocities all over again because of how abusive, intrusive and potentially extremely dangerous it is to have this installed on anyone's system. All personal preferences and new features being set aside, the user surveillance capabilities are truly outrageous. I don't really understand how it could be "worth it" on a system that is used on a daily basis. Maybe... just a big maybe... on a DX12 gaming machine that stays offline the majority of the time and is only connected intermittently for online gameplay sessions, then disconnected again, with no email, web surfing or personal files stored on it... maybe. But, the mere fact of how they designed Windows 10 to operate in terms of data gathering should be enough to make everyone angry. It's not whether or not one has something to hide as much as the dishonorable intent behind the architecture. I hear all of the excuses being made, dismissing it because Google already does it, blah, blah, blah, yet I see it being different because it is the operating system. This is not a service that we can opt out of and totally disconnect from and cancel our user account for. And, since when does two wrongs ever make a right?"

 

"Dishonorable intent"? To collect statistical data to make the OS better in the future and to offer the user more relevant search results and content?

 

Sorry for my bad English!

I think that would have been unnecessary for the most part this discussion , if Microsoft does not have all the functions activated from the outset and the users themselves decided what he would have enabled or not ! (Opt In)

 

Here you go some of the things that happens when you loose your privacy even though this fellow needed to have his hand slapped.

Microsoft Calls the Police After Finding Child Porn in User Account

 

Trust me, nobody cares about what we do, when we do it or where we do it. Nobody cares *Sleepy

And to target Ads to us how, through web pages ? web pages are the same for everyone. Through Email ? The only reason you get spam is because you hand out your email address, then it gets handed out to a few dozen advertisers, totally normal, been happening for years.

What other ads are you talking about ?

And I agree with Kari, how does someone get data from non downloaded documents or photos unless your PC is hacked, which is illegal and another topic altogether.

 

He didn't lose his privacy and MS should be thanked about what they did and how they reacted. I guess you did not read the whole article, judging by you mentioning he lost his privacy even though the article clearly states this:

I welcome MS to use this technology to reveal these perverts, terrorists and such.

 

He gave his privacy away when he uploaded those files to Onedrive. Yes M$ did not take it away. I do welcome some of the spying so to speak if M$ had that when they were developing W8 we would not be here on TenFourms but still on EightFourms.

 

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” ― Carl Sagan

 

What an idiot, uploading porn to the cloud, real brains there.

The cloud should be used for extreme emergencies and as a last resort, nothing else. Hard drives are too cheap.

 

If only all we little people had to worry about, was Microsoft listing to every little word we were saying while at of computers running Win10. Oh NO!!! what all did I tell Microsoft? Arrrrrrrr.

 

I upload many of my wife's food pictures to DropBox, i hope someone is not telling everyone what were eating.

 

Incredible, I forgot about Wikipedia being the most trustworthy information site on the net *Wink I suspect if anyone wanted to know they could simply check.

And so what, My original statement stands that it's the truth (or lack of) what she says that counts, the Microsoft terms and conditions make no denial at all of the information they collect they just shroud it with ''we do not use 'X' to target you with ads''
that in no way precludes information being used in any other way they see fit. I'm surprised people fall for such a simple minded sleight of hand.

Why do you need to make a statement about staying polite absolutely no offence was intended, no need to tell me, simply stay polite ?

 

I don't think it's about 'how important people think they are' it's about a duty of confidentiality. It will be interesting to see how many public bodies adopt windows 10 usage.