Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader
by joe_fro on Friday December 16, 2016 @05:56PM
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What bothers me is that all the data collection is on by default. If I purchase something I expect it to have my best interests at heart, if I get something for free I expect it to have the providers best interests at heart. Since you buy your computer, all data collection should be opt in. If Microsoft wants to give me a free computer, then make it opt out.
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Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader
by noinsight on Friday December 16, 2016 @07:07PM
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Windows in general does not respect you as its user. I refuse to use software like that. If you want to use software that respects you you'll usually have to use open source. But indeed, what makes it especially egregious is the fact that you're even paying for it.
(It will update itself whether you want to or not and reboot by itself unless you're on Enterprise, etc.)
Re:Microsoft, Rebooted, Emerges as a Tech Leader
by aswerty on Friday December 16, 2016 @06:23PM
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That's a good way of articulating the issue.
There is something particularly sinister about your OS gathering your data. You can switch out any other software for an alternative but changing OS is a whole other ball game (and one only the technically minded would go through).
Back when Ubuntu brought in their Amazon spyware partnership I jumped ship for Linux Mint. Even turning this stuff off doesn't provide any peace of mind, the system for gathering your data is still in place and why should the user trust that turning the anti-feature off will be honored or that the switch won't be reset during an update.