Re:I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10
by batou on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:40PM
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No as that information is public.
What we talk about isn't.
Re:I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10
by throwaway125 on Thursday July 30, 2015 @11:16PM
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While your name and phone number are public, the list of people who have your phone number saved is not public. These companies can effectively map who you associate with only by looking at other people's phones. They can profile you by association, and that is very wrong.
At some point privacy is no longer a choice, not a real choice anyway. You get to chose between participating in society or keeping your privacy. It shouldn't have to be this way, but it is.
Re:I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10
by Zarel on Thursday July 30, 2015 @08:23PM
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Oh, uh, I thought you were talking about your name.
Microsoft collects your friends' names so it can spell their names correctly when you use speech-to-text or related features. I thought that's what you were objecting to. What kind of data are you talking about?
Expecting your friends not to use cloud services seems a bit unreasonable and unenforceable. Are you really going to tell all your friends they should write down or memorize your phone number instead of storing it in their phone?