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Linking to a Gordon Kelly article while accusing others of looking bad. Hoo boy. GD don't you ever let me down.
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OK, the dirtbags from Microsoft are going to install the spyware from Windows 10 onto Windows 7 & 8 machines. What are the other options for an operating system?
I keep reading "Linux." Where do you get Linux? How much does it cost (approximately)? Can you still run Microsoft products like Officer 2013 and such.
Anything else you'd like to tell us "technologically challenged" that we haven't thought to ask?
Many thanks in advance from we, the technologically clueless.
Don't go full retard without actually doing your research on the matter.
Don't accuse someone of going "full retard" until you do the computer search yourself. It makes you look bad.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/08/30/windows-10-spying-on-windows-7-and-windows-8/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix
Linking to a Gordon Kelly article while accusing others of looking bad. Hoo boy. GD don't you ever let me down.
As someone who worked at Microsoft for 24 years (still consulting there) I'll share a couple thoughts. "Customer experience programs" have been in operation for decades; I worked in SQL Server and if you've ever installed it, you've seen the OPTION to participate. I tested the code that collected data, and analyzed the aggregated results that was uploaded. It was all about feature usage so we could asses the impact of deprecating or investing more in features. If you didn't want MS to know you used a specific chart control in an RS report, you opted out.
I "did the computer search" and scanned the KBs mentioned, and they referred to consent.exe which I believe is the UAC popup you get when a program tries to do something that needs admin permissions, I assume they track what was being attempted because its a security risk, and um, MS wants to be more secure.
Secondly, data privacy and security is a HUGE priority there with policies, mandatory training etc regarding PII (personally identifiable information, which is not included in the CEIP program data we're discussing) and customer data. All because its bad for business when customers don't trust you to be secure with the data they provide.
IMHO this is all fud.