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by inversionOf
3957 days ago
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"Yet, you unquestioningly repeat it." Why are you quoting an ancient article (one that, humorously, incorrectly claims that the typing data telematics was just some temporary preview release inclusion, when actually it made it to production), when the actual privacy policy of Windows 10, when you install it, tells you that it will monitor and send "typing data" to Microsoft? Microsoft left this very nebulous, but ultimately that simple privacy setting allows them the legal right, and the technical facility, to log every keystroke. "I couldn't find any evidence that Windows 10 shares any worthwhile application activity data." Somehow I don't think you actually looked, given how aggressively you have attempted to defend Microsoft in this whole discussion. No one thinks Microsoft is evil, but rather that they tried to out-Google Google (not very long after their terrible series of anti-Google ads that you even mentioned), taking the basic principal of Google's activities and multiplying it. |
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Although it is possible to turn it off.
I think it would do them good to be more clear on how exactly they use and collect that data.
In fact I think this page should be read by everyone here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-10/windows-privac...
I didn't find anything huge about application data, I'm sorry. Worst case scenario: your computer crashes and an error report contains a memory snapshot with some of your data. Like any other mainstream operating system today.
This discussion shouldn't defer evidence to either mine or your authority or personality. It doesn't matter if I was aggressive or not. In fact, my defence of Microsoft is relative. In my opinion, it is stupid to feel offended about Microsoft's privacy practices, while supporting an even more invasive behaviour by Google. Among those two it is Google, whose business model of selling targeted ads actually depends on collecting personal data from their users. Yet it seems, they are above any scrutiny.
That's what I've been trying to say. I didn't say anything about any anti-Google ads, because I have no idea what those are.
Finally, seeing people selectively whine about privacy on a social network, even a rudimentary one, like HN, seems absurd.