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Old 16th January 2015, 09:18 AM
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Stuff it, dammed with this stealth on what we do

http://imsoup.com/12176/windows-10-...cons-of-new-os/

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Windows 10 Technical Preview stealthily collects lots of user data and transmits the information to Microsoft, leading some to wonder whether or not the OS will shed these practices once the testing period ends.



This collection ability means keystrokes, voice information and speech to text can all be captured, making it a little less appealing than past models, and raising a few concerns for privacy. Microsoft has said that the newest release will come with a privacy statement informing all users of all information that can be collected, but this means reading the fine print is more important now than ever before.
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Old 16th January 2015, 01:16 PM
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If you ever read tech magazines or articles ALL advise you that "Technical release OSs" which Win10 is, are for evaluation and advisory purposes only to help Microsoft develop the OS.

Of course part of that process is to receive automatic feedback as how the system behaves. Nobody could manually transfer the amount of useful info generated.
Why anyone who objects to this process would want to install it is beyond me.

I have it because I'm part of the evaluation team, mind you there are tens of thousands of us, but I use a separate machine for it.

The updates are endless and some drivers simply don't work yet, so it's clearly not for every day use.

If you don't want info to be sent just set your firewall to restrict but that defeats the purpose of the excersise.

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Old 16th January 2015, 03:20 PM
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Thanks BD, I get that,

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If you ever read tech magazines or articles ALL advise you that "Technical release OSs" which Win10 is, are for evaluation and advisory purposes only to help Microsoft develop the OS.


It was a Google search, of Win10
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Old 16th January 2015, 08:42 PM
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Most people aren't aware that this is something that goes on every day.
Ever used the internet?
When I was a consultant with a Government Dept, they had whole teams dedicated to tracking and tracing internet activity.
Certain keywords popped up for tracking, but anyone can be traced and email, keystrokes, searches, even the contents of the computer could be investigated remotely via decrypting the password for the modem.
They even just request a printout from your ISP which tells them how long and which sites you visited.
There's also the issue of cookies and personalised advertising, and then of course there is the Cloud, which can be hacked legitimately or illegitimately.
Then there's Linked Out and Book Face.

Windows 10 is the least of privacy issues that users should worry about!
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Old 16th January 2015, 11:44 PM
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