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That article was all drama and no substance. The only "data mining" mentioned in the article was that by default a local computer search will also search Bing letting Microsoft track your local searches. But you can turn that off.
The way the article title reads it sounds like 8.1 will install an NSA monitoring device in your local computer.
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Why in the "blue" fuck should a local search of my hard drive for "SKS takedown and cleaning guide" EVER leave my fucking computer? Why should I have to turn that OFF? It shouldn't even be a function in the first place.
What benefit is it to the users?
I'll answer that: Not a fucking thing. I don't need "ads" served up about my local search for an SKS takedown and cleaning guide.
Its just another big data company turning the people who USED to be their customers into a "product" they're packing up and delivering to their NEW customers, the data miners at advertising firms.
And that's before even getting into the abuse that can happen here with government abuse.