[gitarr]

Well, we'll see if this is legal in Europe. Website cookies are regulated already here, I guess this sort of abuse will have to be stopped as well. Shame on Microsoft for another outrageous decision.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Outrageous? And "Send Error Report" wasn't? And other security software vendors sending file hashes isn't?

Please, explain why this in particular is so bad. It's tracking in a sense, but they are not going to use it to violate privacy.