Yes, it does. A fictitious list presented as fact does not contribute to the discussion. We know that Win 10 transmits lots of data to various hosts, and their recent privacy policy outlines a plausible, yet vague description of what is being sent. It is quite possibly deliberately incomplete/vague, and legitimate account of what is being sent would contribute greatly.

As for being safe and maintaining privacy, it is well established that the solution is to move to an open system.

>Does this even need to be verified ?

Of course not. We should make blind, fear-based assumptions about businesses and reject the "rudder of rationality", so that we can be blown about by the winds of whatever viral fearmongering hits the top of our feeds for the day!!

Errrrr, are you saying that if someone is making up random accusations which are not true, we should treat them the same as facts?