Windows 10, Privacy, and the Hole in the Sky

3 pointssudioStudio6410y ago7 comments

The privacy concerns. The letter from the Mozilla guy. I'm not even saying that they aren't valid. The vitriol and high-horse moralizing. How is that productive HN style discourse? None of it's constructive. How can we talk about these issues in a way that doesn't blow them out of proportion and actually exchange some information?

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mattkrea10y ago

I'm not sure how this is blowing them out of proportion. The 'Express' configuration that nearly every user will run with sends virtually everything you do to Microsoft. Please explain how that is not a serious privacy concern.

sudioStudio64OP10y ago

That's not really accurate. Maybe we can reach out to someone at MS and they can explain exactly what is being sent. It certainly isn't virtually everything that you do...it's something, it's not accurate to say its everything.

MS people frequent this site. Maybe one of them could get some detail on the subject?

mattkrea10y ago

It is keystrokes, app you use, browsing and search history, speech, encryption keys.. That's a concerning amount of information.

This is where I strongly prefer the Apple way of signing in with a normal account and -- if you choose -- linking it to an iCloud account. This is very different from the Windows style where MS accounts take over your local login.

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Windows 10, Privacy, and the Hole in the Sky

3 pointssudioStudio6410y ago7 comments

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mattkrea10y ago

sudioStudio64OP10y ago

MS people frequent this site. Maybe one of them could get some detail on the subject?

mattkrea10y ago

It is keystrokes, app you use, browsing and search history, speech, encryption keys.. That's a concerning amount of information.

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