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Re:Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is a... by Animats on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @02:06AM (#9966596)
Does this apply to users of Windows 10 in general? If so, it's going to be totally unacceptable to law firms, DoD customers, and anyone who competes with Microsoft or their advertisers.
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Re:Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is a... by bitJericho on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @02:32AM (#9966698)
Most of the privacy invasion comes with logging in with a MS account. You can login with a standard windows or domain account and then all this integrated cloud stuff doesn't really apply.
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Re:Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is a... by labras on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @07:37AM (#9967884)
Not completely true. Don't forget you need an account, for instance, to buy, install and use MS Office 360. I bet if it wasn't for the Office, many people would move away from Windows easily.

And don't forget windows comes with Defender installed, which collects user metrics out-of-the-box. IE/Sparta also collects your usage data. Even windows "search" does.

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