Windows 10: Windows 10 Adoption Already Slowing Down

Personally, I think that mocking people for having privacy concerns deeper than one's own is out of line. In what way is it harming you or anyone else if someone else prefers not to have their private information tracked?

 

its the anti Microsoft thing that being mocked you don't see people going on about google which has had no privacy policy for years or apple or Facebook ect that been doing it lot longer then Microsoft yet people still use them and say nothing but if Microsoft do it MS is the biggest evil thing ever hope that anti MS ranter that Learner99 posted about in link don't use goggle or facebook or apple because all do same

 

hope article writer don't use google then they been doing that for years no privacy policy it just a anti Microsoft rant

 

Sorry, but I don't understand how MS can use your internet and bandwidth?

 

If you don't opt out, updates are shared from your computer using a sort of P2P method.

 

You can turn it off if you want so no big deal. If you have multiple PC's in your household it could actually save you bandwidth. You would only download the update once, and then share it across all your PC's so they could do the update without downloading it all over again.

 

@alphanumeric and @frankenhooker - Thanks for the details. I did not read those details on my PC when I turned off that option. The font wasn't clear and I did not want to read a lot! But yes, I see now. They can send updates down to other devices on your own network or to other PC across internet.


I think this should all be a part of the initial set-up process, where the user gets to choose all such settings. It would be the ideal way, rather than people discovering over the internet, etc. Some people may not even know it unless they explicitly searched for it on internet.

For myself, I found out this setting, when I read on the internet that updates would automatically be downloaded and bandwidth would be consumed, unless I switch these settings. I have a metered internet connection, so this could have been dangerous. It will still be dangerous for millions of "general users" across the world, who would use a PC as PC and are not "tech savvy"

So yes, agreed, it is dangerous.

 

. . .One last time. . .you are on the internet. . .*really

 

Not sure if I understand that correctly, but being on internet doesn't mean that MS can steal your bandwidth. Especially, when you have a metered connection and are paying steeply for it. Also, being on internet and your privacy being compromised are two different things. It needn't have to be that way.

 

yep i am sticking with Windows 8 on my laptop.. untill bugs are fixed

 

People, please quit whining about privacy settings on Windows 10, YOU CAN disable that, just take the time during setup of after it to change all the settings to off... simple.
Telemetry can be disabled if that concerns you a lot, and no, you don't need a bunch of batch files and scripts, if you are good enough, you can navigate through Task Manager and disable Customer Experience and Aplication Experience related stuff, that disables telemetry.

Because a lot of people started this paranoid trend, even myself believed in this for a second (and posted stupid stuff), stop spreading this paranoia, this is just like Google privacy settings, just disable al history logging and you will be OK...

About the "using your internet" thing... just turn that off, is just MS trying to speed up things by using you as a P2P (which can be abusive if you ask me).

 

If someone came over at night and was peeping in my window I would be mad at them. It would not make me feel better for them to tell me that they would have stopped doing it had I asked them to. There is a pretty fair industry built around eliminating spyware. Now it's suddenly alright if Microsoft does it?

 

Seems like some people like a good conspiracy theory. The more outlandish, the firmer they believe in it.

I heard that Microsoft faked its landing on the moon. *Roflmao2

 

They also are Reptilians in disguise, that collect data so they learn about human behaviour, and probably try some mating rituals.
But... shhhh... I shouldn't be telling this, they are spying my copy of W10...

 

You know what? Your mature and reasoned response has convinced me. *Smile