Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Free Upgrade?

Re:Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Fre... by scrollaway on Saturday October 17, 2015 @11:10AM (#10404584)

When I installed windows 10 last week I had the .. pleasure... to look at the various privacy options.

During the installation, Windows uses weasel words to present the user with privacy settings hiding the option to change them at all. Take a look:

https://jonathan.porta.codes/images/posts/2015/07/window-10-...

In "express settings":

* Send contact, calendar and input data to Microsoft

* Send typing and inking data to Microsoft

* Let apps use your Advertising ID for "experiences across apps" (I'm not making this shit up)

* Send microsoft and "trusted partners" location data

* Turn on SmartScreen (Admittedly I don't know exactly how it works but seeing as it's in those options I can take a horrifying guess on the implications)

* Send your browsing data to Microsoft to "make your overall experience better" (WTF wording)

* Autoconnect to shared networks

* Autoconnect to suggested open hotspots

Damn. And then, one that's not in there which you have to find for yourself, if you even know about it: P2P share windows updates with any windows computer on the internet.

Ho-ly-crap. I like W10 as an OS so far but this stuff is just insane.

BTW, the only reason I went with W10 was that W7 doesn't support GPT.

Sources:

http://www.howtogeek.com/224352/what%E2%80%99s-the-differenc...

http://www.howtogeek.com/224981/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-...

Edit: Yikes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SmartScreen#SmartScr...

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Re:Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Fre... by newman314 on Saturday October 17, 2015 @01:33PM (#10405245)

I posted this in a different thread yesterday but am reposting here for the folks that do move to Win10.

PSA: For people with Windows 10 installed, I've found the following tool quite useful in shutting down the large amount of information collected.

http://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

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Re:Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Fre... by scrollaway on Saturday October 17, 2015 @06:08PM (#10406345)

Thank you. That looks great.

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Re:Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Fre... by brazzledazzle on Saturday October 17, 2015 @12:23PM (#10404898)

>P2P share windows updates with any windows computer on the internet

I'm not sure that concerns me since they're doing signature verification on the data before doing anything with it.

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Re:Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Fre... by ebbv on Saturday October 17, 2015 @12:26PM (#10404914)

I think you're missing the point of concern here. That would be one, but let's just hope that Microsoft is smart enough to validate the data gotten from P2P updates.

That still brings up the issue that Microsoft is leveraging my broadband connection, my power and my computer(s) that I pay for to issue updates to their customers without even asking. That's not ok.

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Re:Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Fre... by togusa on Saturday October 17, 2015 @12:55PM (#10405051)

Definitely. My mother has a 3gb cap on her broadband every month and this is going to basically break it.

Fuck them for even daring to do this. It's authoritarian arrogance, nothing more.

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Re:Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Fre... by brazzledazzle on Saturday October 17, 2015 @01:48PM (#10405314)

That's a great point.

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