Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows
by cnvogel on Friday November 06, 2015 @05:22AM
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Maybe people fear that personal data might show up in the collected minidumps? Doesn't sound unreasonable.
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Sure. But you still allow Microsoft to dump your entire RAM to an unrelated web server by letting them install random updates.
...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.