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There is a part in the terms and conditions of windows 10 that says "we will access, disclose and preserve personal data", including the contents of emails or files in private folders."

 

Here is away to stop this and to become private within windows again

 

In my personal opinion no company should have access to 'private' data that you do not want them to ,only the things you do not mind being shared.

 

 

anyway the article:     http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/windows-10-spying-how-to-opt-out-of-microsofts-intrusive-terms-of-use-10432300.html

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There is a part in the terms and conditions of windows 10 that says "we will access, disclose and preserve personal data", including the contents of emails or files in private folders."

 

Here is away to stop this and to become private within windows again

 

In my personal opinion no company should have access to 'private' data that you do not want them to only the things you do not mind being shared.

 

 

anyway the article:     http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/windows-10-spying-how-to-opt-out-of-microsofts-intrusive-terms-of-use-10432300.html

That's why you choose the custom install option, They can also collect your typing data.

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That's why you choose the custom install option, They can also collect your typing data.

i completely agree with you, however once you agree to the terms the stuff turns it self on 

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That's why you choose the custom install option, They can also collect your typing data.

Exactly, the same stuff was going on with windows 8&8.1. Just choose custom install and setup permissions. If you are dumb enough to select "express settings" or "auto install" then they will optimize everything for you, including data gathering... :D

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Exactly, the same stuff was going on with windows 8&8.1. Just choose custom install and setup permissions. If you are dumb enough to select "express settings" or "auto install" then they will optimize everything for you, including data gathering... :D

yes i agree, here on the LTT forums people know this tho however. not everyone will know this. even if everyone who follows linus were to follow the instructions thats only 1.7 million people doing it out of the however many hundreds of million computers there are.

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yes i agree, here on the LTT forums people know this tho however. not everyone will know this. even if everyone who follows linus were to follow the instructions thats only 1.7 million people doing it out of the however many hundreds of million computers there are.

Well, honestly, it's common sense. But, if you don't know how to do it, you most likely have no reason to disable it, if you had any sensitive data and didn't want this, you would know! Also, reading any tech news related site would have told you this by now and how to disable it. It was posted on day 1 on the verge and slashdot. Nuff said! :D

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Exactly, the same stuff was going on with windows 8&8.1. Just choose custom install and setup permissions. If you are dumb enough to select "express settings" or "auto install" then they will optimize everything for you, including data gathering... :D

 

That's most of the PC-using world though. :-/ I'm glad this is being reported in mainstream newspapers like The Independent because otherwise only a relative few people would even know that there was a custom install button.

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That's most of the PC-using world though. :-/ I'm glad this is being reported in mainstream newspapers like The Independent because otherwise only a relative few people would even know that there was a custom install button.

exactly thats what i said

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Google, Facebook, the government and ISPs are already spying on you... Choosing custom Install only closes the hole a little. This is no reason to avoid Windows 10

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Google, Facebook, the government and ISPs are already spying on you... Choosing custom Install only closes the hole a little. This is no reason to avoid Windows 10

 

Neither is it reason to just roll over and accept it.

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Neither is it reason to just roll over and accept it.

I as a 10 tester have been through that shit I just hit express install .-. Its gotta be like the 20th time I've done it and better be the last.

I could give less of a fuck what Microsoft knows I have since I'm not going on the deep web and buying illegal weapons or something like that. Your ISP collects your browsing info, Googles cookies have your login info, the whole internet has everything, no use in trying to hide it from the biggest company in the world

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I as a 10 tester have been through that shit I just hit express install .-. Its gotta be like the 20th time I've done it and better be the last.

I could give less of a fuck what Microsoft knows I have since I'm not going on the deep web and buying illegal weapons or something like that. Your ISP collects your browsing info, Googles cookies have your login info, the whole internet has everything, no use in trying to hide it from the biggest company in the world

 

I'm not going to try and persuade you to stop working against your own interests. But you probably should.

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Google, Facebook, the government and ISPs are already spying on you... Choosing custom Install only closes the hole a little. This is no reason to avoid Windows 10

 

I don't own an Android phone, I don't use Chrome, I rarely go on Facebook and VPNs are a thing. Yes, it is a reason to avoid Windows 10.

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Google, Facebook, the government and ISPs are already spying on you... Choosing custom Install only closes the hole a little. This is no reason to avoid Windows 10

There's many reasons to avoid Windows 10, same thing goes with other operating systems for various personal/business reasons.

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Again, the overreaction.

Jeez.

 

It's not good in any way, but it's not THAT bad.

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It's not much use. Even if you opt out of it all, they still keep collecting your data anyway, they just don't use it for those purposes they have mentioned (targeted advertising etc.), since data is too valuable to go to waste.

 

I don't own an Android phone, I don't use Chrome, I rarely go on Facebook and VPNs are a thing. Yes, it is a reason to avoid Windows 10.

What if I told you every mainstream phone OS does that, not just Android. And VPNs won't hide your traffic from say for example your ISP, because they have to know what they are serving you in the first place. If they didn't know anything, they could not provide their service for you. It's like ordering a pizza to be delivered on your doorstep without you telling your address.

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I don't own an Android phone, I don't use Chrome, I rarely go on Facebook and VPNs are a thing. Yes, it is a reason to avoid Windows 10.

I'm in the same boat (although I do use chrome. I should probably stop).

 

The overwhelming under-reaction to this kind of thing is just sad. Considering how knowledgeable most of the people saying "big deal you can't avoid it, I have nothing to hide" actually are (compared to the general public), I would expect more from them.

 

This kind of spying is unacceptable. Sadly most of the people upgrading are too ignorant to realize the overall consequences of their actions. "factual" data is being created and stored in your name. You have no say over how that data is used, no way to verify its accuracy, and no way to control who sees it, which is a very bad situation to be in. This data could hypothetically be used against you, and you would probably never know.

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I'm in the same boat (although I do use chrome. I should probably stop).

 

The overwhelming under-reaction to this kind of thing is just sad. Considering how knowledgeable most of the people saying "big deal you can't avoid it" actually are (compared to the general public), I would expect more from them.

 

This kind of spying is unacceptable. Sadly most of the people upgrading are too ignorant to realize the overall consequences of their actions.

While I do agree that this should be unacceptable, what can we do to prevent it? Absolutely nothing. You could maybe stop one party from surveillance, but there's just too many (even saying thousands could be underestimating it. Who knows how many there really are?), and there are no guarantees they are going to do what they have been told, even if there could become a law against surveillance. Plus, while this is a worldwide problem, it's impossible to set an international law against it.

 

Just my two cents.

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While I do agree that this should be unacceptable, what can we do to prevent it? Absolutely nothing. You could maybe stop one party from surveillance, but there's just too many (even saying thousands could be underestimating it), and there are no guarantees they are going to do what they have been told, even if there could become a law against surveillance. Plus, while this is a worldwide problem, it's impossible to set an international law against it.

 

Just my two cents.

Not use the software? Use TOR and a VPN? Anything but meekly accepting it as unavoidable?

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Not use the software? Use TOR and a VPN? Anything but meekly accepting it as unavoidable?

Using TOR ? what if the exit point is just snopping and monitoring ?

VPN ? that can be an option but it will require me to pay more if I want to use a good one that's actually doesn't keeps logs and makes me anonymous.

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Using TOR ? what if the exit point is just snopping and monitoring ?

VPN ? that can be an option but it will require me to pay more if I want to use a good one that's actually doesn't keeps logs and makes me anonymous.

All very true, but my point overall is that this is not "not a big deal". It should be a very big deal, but no one seems to understand that, or care.

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I think the I have nothing to hide then it's okay to spy on me argument is just a POS.


And this isn't spying cause you know it's happening and they tell you.

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Not use the software? Use TOR and a VPN? Anything but meekly accepting it as unavoidable?

Most users won't know that..in fact I don't think they even read the privacy settings when installing Windows..they just "Use express settings".

And what's bad is that if you told them their privacy is "compromised", they'd start bit**ing left and right that Microsoft should be sued for collecting data..etc...not realizing that he alone was responsible for that(at least for half of it).

 

TOR and VPN...I bet 80% of the actual user base would not know what those mean, let alone use them, even pay for them, a.f.a.i.k. better VPNs cost money, not much, but it's money...plus, I can never be too sure that at the end of the road my data is still private.

 

Oh...and if some still believe watching porn in "incognito" mode leaves no tracks...they're so....so...mistaken. :)

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