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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 by flurpitude on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:13PM (#10110834)
The potential big difference here is that it affects people's work computers, where they do things for organizations that have a strong interest in keeping information from leaking out. Such companies probably were never happy with corporate data passing through Android smartphones, and might have forbidden it. Now they know they can't trust Windows workstations either.
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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 by yuhong on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:14PM (#10110845)
Win10 enterprise has the no telemetry option for a reason.
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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 by thescrewdriver on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:39PM (#10111070)
Because every small business uses Win10 enterprise?
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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 by yuhong on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:43PM (#10111112)
Most enterprises that care probably is. And it is possible for small businesses to get, just costs a bit more (including Software Assurance renewal) and it also gets you access to things like LTSB.
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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 by thescrewdriver on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:49PM (#10111169)
Maybe some small businesses don't care, but the people whose data they are handling might not agree with that stance.
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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 by amlgsmsn on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:25PM (#10110941)
And don't some of the same companies store all their company documents, email etc. on Google Apps? Or on Dropbox?
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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 by mikeash on Monday August 24, 2015 @12:38PM (#10111058)
Many do, but many don't. For those that don't, suddenly having the dominant desktop OS turn on them is going to be a big deal.
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Re:Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 by Thrymr on Monday August 24, 2015 @03:26PM (#10112395)
> And don't some of the same companies store all their company documents, email etc. on Google Apps? Or on Dropbox?

Storing company confidential information on services not controlled by the company is explicitly forbidden at many large corporations. They run their own email servers (not Google Apps), and often ban & block things like Dropbox outright.

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