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Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows by cnvogel on Friday November 06, 2015 @05:22AM (#10518686)
Maybe people fear that personal data might show up in the collected minidumps? Doesn't sound unreasonable.
Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows by creshal on Friday November 06, 2015 @05:33AM (#10518734)
Sure. But you still allow Microsoft to dump your entire RAM to an unrelated web server by letting them install random updates.
Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows by cnvogel on Friday November 06, 2015 @05:41AM (#10518757)
...which requires active malice on part of Microsoft.

Whereas automatic upload of core-dumps even under normal non-attack operating conditions might even be forbidden by law when, for example, working with sensitive personal or otherwise classified data.