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Microsoft reveals some statistics using data from Windows 10 Users.

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If you were freaked out by MS collecting so much data about you well you have another thing coming. Literally! Since Microsoft collects more data than you realize.

 

And so they have analyzed data and found out these stats:

 

 

 

  • People spent more than 11 billion hours on Windows 10 in December 2015.
  • 44.5 billion minutes were spent in Microsoft Edge across Windows 10 devices in December 2015 (0.71 billion hours).
  • Users asked Cortana more than 2.5 billion questions since launch.
  • More than 82 billion photos were viewed in the Windows 10 Photo application. (eek!)
  • Windows 10 gamers spent over 4 billion hours playing PC games. (Seriously?)
  • Gamers have streamed more than 6.6 million hours of Xbox One games to Windows 10 PCs

 

HOLY FUCKING CHRIST MICROSOFT! WTF! This is unbelievably creepy! You're almost as bad as Google with Android! (Google is still worse with Android than MS is with Windows 10)

 

 

At least Google has the common sense and common courtesy not to tell us when they pull shit like this.

 

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At this point I don't really care anymore. Anything you do on your PC, on the internet will be monitored one way or the other. I just hope they have fun looking at my data. :D

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>wccftech
Almost certainly clickbait at this point.

 

And besides, it's not like anyone else is tracking your activities, I dunno, ANYWHERE ELSE.

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One reason: Windows 8

 

I prefer it over 10 anyway

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Sensationalist title is sensationalist 

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One reason: Windows 8

 

I prefer it over 10 anyway

Thought I was the only one.

 

Anyway, unless you blocked the specific updates all the windows 10 spying tools are on windows 8 as well

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This is why you disable everything that says "sent data to microsoft"

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ok what's with the poll ? 8 answers to make 2 choices ?

yes this is bad, and i am sad for ppl who got enslaved by the system to the point that their right to privacy doesnt matter anymore to them.

personally stayed on win7, and i will not upgrade it, and really hope SteamOS takes off.

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The informations listed is really just statistical data and is ok, now if they siad something like "we know how many people wore pants/skirts/nothing or who has X amount of email accounts and the passwords are kept safely or someother kind of personal shit they should not have THEN i would have a real issue.

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Update: OP fixed the title. All is good!

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Sensationalist title!

1- They don't brag about

2- That is called telemetry data, and that we know is what being collecting

3- Its not "more than previously thought"

Please fix title. Many people read the title and draw a conclusion, and not read your sarcastic news.

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So they know I watch naked girls while my parents sleep? What are they going to do? Tattle on me? Lol I have nothing to hide and truly don't care though I can FULLY understand why people are upset with this.

 

 

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I don't really give a crap if a program collects telemetry... but if it was metadata, decryption keys, or other identifiable info, then I'm against it...

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  • People spent more than 11 billion hours on Windows 10 in December 2015.
  • 44.5 billion minutes were spent in Microsoft Edge across Windows 10 devices in December 2015 (0.71 billion hours).
  • Users asked Cortana more than 2.5 billion questions since launch.
  • More than 82 billion photos were viewed in the Windows 10 Photo application. (eek!)
  • Windows 10 gamers spent over 4 billion hours playing PC games. (Seriously?)
  • Gamers have streamed more than 6.6 million hours of Xbox One games to Windows 10 PCs

 

None of these is personal information imho so idgaf.

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Sensationalist title!

1- They don't brag about

2- That is called telemetry data, and that we know is what being collecting

3- Its not "more than previously thought"

Please fix title. Many people read the title and draw a conclusion, and not read your sarcastic news.

I was merely borrowing the first half from WCCFTECH!

 

And i fixed it. 

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WCCFTech should be banned, seriously

not that I condone MS taking a shit on privacy

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Thought I was the only one.

 

Anyway, unless you blocked the specific updates all the windows 10 spying tools are on windows 8 as well

Well I currently use mac OSX (dont kill me, I needed a laptop for school that I could run an audio workstation on), but use PCs for school and with friends all the time, and do prefer 8. 

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THIS IS ANONYMOUS. It's just analytics! It's not like they can see the pictures that you view in the photos app, just the fact that you opened it.

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WCCFTech should be banned, seriously

not that I condone MS taking a shit on privacy

They are multiple different source that support WCCFTech, including BBC and ComputerWorld
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None of this is personal information imho so idgaf.

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Websites have been collecting this sort of anonymous data for at least a decade now. 90+% of them do it at this point. Mostly using Google Analytics. If this worries you then you should probably stop using computers completely. Or at least disconnect them all from the internet.

None of it is personal information. Really a non-issue.

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They are multiple different source that support WCCFTech, including BBC and ComputerWorld

irrelevant!

WCCFTech throws a bowl of spaghetti at the wall, whatever sticks sticks

the rest, "not our fault"

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I'm not sure what you think is super creepy. I work for a major agricultural manufacturer and I could tell you how many hours people put on our equipment last year.

 

Analytics =/= personal data collection.

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As soon as you touch the internet you give up any right to privacy, thinking that you have any measure of digital privacy these days is foolish. Either deal with it or disconnect cause if someone wants your info they're gonna get it.

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This is literally just analytics... Nothing weird here...

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HOLY FUCKING CHRIST MICROSOFT! WTF! This is unbelievably creepy! You're almost as bad as Google with Android! (Google is still worse with Android than MS is with Windows 10)

How is any of what they revealed creepy? It's pretty general data. 

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