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Posted: 7/31/2015 7:16:25 PM EDT
http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/

PSA, and maybe some of you techies can offer suggestions.....


ETA, still on windows 7 myself
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:22:35 PM EDT
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Of course it is.  

Kill your computer......in fact-kill em all.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:28:57 PM EDT
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Staying on W7 for the foreseeable future
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:35:29 PM EDT
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The adage 'if you're not the customer, you're the product' holds true with Win 10 just like any other software.

As far as wanting to collect commercially valuable info, MS is doing that already with the WiFi sharing built into Windows 10. for one example.

So tell us again how it's all tinfoil brainwashing?  That's what you implied with the 'kill your computer' line.

Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:37:00 PM EDT
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This as long as possible , There is another thread in GD where a guy is telling us how great 10 is and he is a staunch defender of 10 . I am sure the OP has nothing to hide and is okay with being spied on.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:39:31 PM EDT
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This as long as possible , There is another thread in GD where a guy is telling us how great 10 is and he is a staunch defender of 10 . I am sure the OP has nothing to hide and is okay with being spied on.


Yeah, that's probably why he posted the link on how to turn that stuff off.


Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:44:12 PM EDT
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Thanks, just downloaded 10 last night.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:45:09 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:48:03 PM EDT
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Windows 10 intends to spy on you to about the same level as the Chrome browser currently does.
Which is A LOT less than your smart phone currently spies on you.

It is interesting that corporations have a lot more spying power and leeway than the US government does. (and that power is huge)
Of course corporations pretty much run US government as subsidiary business anyway.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:49:27 PM EDT
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lol
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 7:53:59 PM EDT
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Windows 10 can't spy on you if it won't connect to the internet.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 8:03:57 PM EDT
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Some of that shit is opted on in 8.1.

More and more, I consider anything digital to be widely available to the gov, biz, and public.

"It's not a secret if more than one person knows it."
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 8:04:09 PM EDT
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Staying on Wind 7 for what I need Wind for, moving to Linux for everything else.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 8:06:25 PM EDT
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Staying on Wind 7 for what I need Wind for, moving to Linux for everything else.
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Staying on Wind 7 for what I need Wind for, moving to Linux for everything else.


You'll be labeled a terrorist soon.



 
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 8:17:15 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/31/2015 8:18:41 PM EDT
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I'm spying on your Windows 7 computer.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 8:35:23 PM EDT
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Yeah, that's probably why he posted the link on how to turn that stuff off.


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This as long as possible , There is another thread in GD where a guy is telling us how great 10 is and he is a staunch defender of 10 . I am sure the OP has nothing to hide and is okay with being spied on.


Yeah, that's probably why he posted the link on how to turn that stuff off.




Well, he  posted a link on how to turn one particular snooping function off.

I missed the part where he explained all of the snoop functions in Win 10 and showed how to turn all of them off.
Or even more than one.

But MS surely has our best interests at heart.  



Link Posted: 7/31/2015 10:31:15 PM EDT
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Oh hell. Ceiling Subnet is watching you masturbate.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 11:06:09 PM EDT
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Oh hell. Ceiling Subnet is watching you masturbate.
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Oh hell. Ceiling Subnet is watching you masturbate.


And critiquing your technique.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 11:07:59 PM EDT
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I don't care.
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 11:10:00 PM EDT
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How do you download it then?
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 11:10:04 PM EDT
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Spying on me? Why does Microsoft care what type of porn I search for?
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 11:10:52 PM EDT
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If it's loaded with spyware then it'll be a commercially nonviable product. Businesses wouldn't even want to touch it.

Link Posted: 7/31/2015 11:13:46 PM EDT
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I laughed.



 
Link Posted: 7/31/2015 11:15:33 PM EDT
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getting spied on is the new normal. from your computer, your phone,  your 'smart' tv, your new video game console, anything else in your house that can connect to the internet, out in public being watched by cameras everywhere you go, your car (which has the ability to be hacked and fucked with! fun stuff!)





think they wrote books back in the day about this sorta thing, hmm.

 
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 6:41:52 AM EDT
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And critiquing your technique.
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I'm spying on your Windows 7 computer.


Oh hell. Ceiling Subnet is watching you masturbate.


And critiquing your technique.


Or is he taking notes?
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 7:07:54 AM EDT
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ETA, still on windows 7 myself
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FYI, there is discussion in this and several other potential security and privacy issues and how to disable most of them in Windows 10 in the following threads:
Windows 10 facts and myths(FAQ & Links inside)
Standing in line for Windows 10!
Windows 10
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 7:11:50 AM EDT
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Don't even have to wait, just bought a Toshiba laptop a couple weeks ago. Came with a note, says the computer will send info back to them and if you don't agree then don't open a thing and take it right back for a refund.
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 7:31:57 AM EDT
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Here's how to opt out....

Link Posted: 8/1/2015 7:55:48 AM EDT
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As abstenence is to birth control, this is the only way to be 100% sure.
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:15:05 AM EDT
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if they wanted to spy on you, would they give you buttons so that you could opt out.  or maybe the buttons are fake and they will continue to spy on you regardless of what the buttons are set at.  I am throwing all my electronics out.   OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:33:21 AM EDT
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we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to: 1.comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies;
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:37:21 AM EDT
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My OS is spying on me.
My browser is sending info about every click I make to Google.
I have two security programs that snoop through my computer and harvest info daily.
My ISP screens all of my email, and keeps a copy of every email I send or receive.

A button to give the illusion of turning off the data collection is humorous.
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:47:35 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:50:04 AM EDT
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Nice
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:54:49 AM EDT
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Staying on W7 for the foreseeable future

Staying on Wind 7 for what I need Wind for, moving to Linux for everything else.

You'll be labeled a terrorist soon.
 


If you own guns, you already are. What's one more list?
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 9:04:53 AM EDT
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If its just a toggle, it can be turned back on without you ever knowing...

No thanks, Ill pass...

V
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:06:07 PM EDT
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Posted this on another thread, pretty much the same subject:

I reserved my W10 a month or so ago.

Update started downloading last night and took until this morning to finish. Completed the update and tried to use W10 for about a half hour or so.

First and final problem: W10 wouldn't recognize my 2nd monitor. Even finding "Control Panel" was a PIA. Finally found it - had to search for it - still wouldn't recognize my 2nd monitor.

Fuck That. Searched on "rolling back W10" and finally found the procedure. Took about 15-20 minutes to implement. Now I'm back on W7 as I was before. 2nd monitor alive and working like always.

I'll wait a couple more months, if then, to try W10.

Just my .02.
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:26:30 PM EDT
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Oh hell. Ceiling Subnet is watching you masturbate.


And critiquing your technique.


To be fair, it's constructive criticism,



The thing about all these invasions of privacy is that they are what makes the software useful.   If it knows you like coffee then it can show you where the best coffee shops are because it knows which ones are good.  Just think about all the things you can tell about a person just by looking at their bank and credit card purchase histories.  Banks have had this data for years.   Invading your privacy is nothing new.
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:33:17 PM EDT
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I've heard that they accumulate and store the data, and at some point you must connect to the internet, and that is when it uploads everything.
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:52:29 PM EDT
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Did you even read the user agreement?!

Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:54:54 PM EDT
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WTF am I looking at?  
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 8:57:31 PM EDT
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WTF am I looking at?  


South Park screenshot. Episode about the consequences of not reading the user agreement. At least the UA's that Steve Jobs wrote.

Link Posted: 8/1/2015 9:00:01 PM EDT
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Posted this on another thread, pretty much the same subject:

I reserved my W10 a month or so ago.

Update started downloading last night and took until this morning to finish. Completed the update and tried to use W10 for about a half hour or so.

First and final problem: W10 wouldn't recognize my 2nd monitor. Even finding "Control Panel" was a PIA. Finally found it - had to search for it - still wouldn't recognize my 2nd monitor.

Fuck That. Searched on "rolling back W10" and finally found the procedure. Took about 15-20 minutes to implement. Now I'm back on W7 as I was before. 2nd monitor alive and working like always.

I'll wait a couple more months, if then, to try W10.

Just my .02.
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Did you update your video drivers from AMD, Nvidia or whoever?
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 9:01:30 PM EDT
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Did you update your video drivers from AMD, Nvidia or whoever?
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Posted this on another thread, pretty much the same subject:

I reserved my W10 a month or so ago.

Update started downloading last night and took until this morning to finish. Completed the update and tried to use W10 for about a half hour or so.

First and final problem: W10 wouldn't recognize my 2nd monitor. Even finding "Control Panel" was a PIA. Finally found it - had to search for it - still wouldn't recognize my 2nd monitor.

Fuck That. Searched on "rolling back W10" and finally found the procedure. Took about 15-20 minutes to implement. Now I'm back on W7 as I was before. 2nd monitor alive and working like always.

I'll wait a couple more months, if then, to try W10.

Just my .02.


Did you update your video drivers from AMD, Nvidia or whoever?


Vitally important. My PC did the same until I installed the updated driver for my video card.

Drivers are kinda important like that.
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 9:04:07 PM EDT
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WTF am I looking at?  


A Humancentipad.  Obviously.
Link Posted: 8/1/2015 11:39:23 PM EDT
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+1 just tricky to sideload now... Just like Android Lollipop..hmmm...

Here, this works for the. Most part.  I wouldn't run 10 on anything that I was concerned with, it is a Windows new release after all...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f38ed/guide_how_to_disable_data_logging_in_w10/


Link Posted: 8/1/2015 11:41:47 PM EDT
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Do you find my girth impressive?
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