So there you have it. I do not trust MS, and I will not be using their OS unless they come clean on what they track.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...ealed/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix
Yes, Microsoft admitted it not only logs its users time on Windows 10 but also their time using Microsoft Edge and gaming and streaming games and counting your search queries and every single time a user opens a photo.
Understandably perturbed by this BetaNews took Microsoft to task on these revelations and asked if it would like to explain how it came about the information, and why it is being collected in the first place. Microsofts official response: Thank you for your patience as I looked into this for you. Unfortunately my colleagues cannot provide a comment regarding your request. All we have to share is this Windows blog post.
To which BetaNews makes a very fair conclusion: Microsofts spying is intrusive enough to reveal how long you have been using Windows 10, but the company is not willing to be open about the collection of this data.
Consequently the next obvious point to ponder is: If Microsoft is happy to disclose this data without saying how it was attained, what else does it access and track without user knowledge? Given Microsoft already admits much of its automatic spying cannot to turned off, just how many more metrics and how much user data is it gathering from every Windows 10 device?
One big tracking engine. Luckily, most of those things can be disabled.
You can try and use one of those Apps, or use an ITX computer with a firewall and block the outbound connections that call home to M$.Given Microsoft already admits much of its automatic spying cannot to turned off...
That's what I meant in fact. A bit of work, but can be done if you aren't willing to share with the big brother.Did you even read the quote?
You can try and use one of those Apps, or use an ITX computer with a firewall and block the outbound connections that call home to M$.
If you upload it to OneDrive, yes. Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc. will scan photos and report any CP to the authorities to avoid be considered complicit in some way.If they know what you're doing with it they may be able to optimize it better. I wonder if they can spot child porn remotely.
Proof??If you upload it to OneDrive, yes. Microsoft, Google, Facebook, etc. will scan photos and report any CP to the authorities to avoid be considered complicit in some way.
They don't have the same legal issues with local content so I'm not sure why they'd bother, honestly.
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So, does betanews.com utilize analytics on their website? Can you tell how long a user spent on each page, what pages they came from, what browser they use, what part of your interface they clicked to get to the next page?
Have you ever heard of app analytics?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-mobile-analytics-package-to-track-in-app-user-behavior
It is common across all operating systems. In the case of MS, it is spelled out in their privacy statement under Windows 10 Telemetry and Error Reporting:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...
"App use data for apps that run on Windows (including Microsoft and third party apps), such as how frequently and for how long you use apps, which app features you use most often, how often you use Windows Help and Support, which services you use to sign into apps, and how many folders you typically create on your desktop."
How is this not full disclosure. Should MS call every person that is eligible for an upgrade and read their privacy statement to them? And where is the rage against all the other companies that produce software that gathers telemetry data?
Executioner posted about it. :biggrin:Seriously, how is this even news?
The devil is in the details. We don't know all the details yet.Seriously, how is this even news?
Glad, he did. It's interesting information, regardless.Executioner posted about it. :biggrin:
Glad, he did. It's interesting information, regardless.
I wouldn't be surprised if the tracking mentioned here was only to do with usage of online services (to which I'd respond "well, duh!"). Not that I think that MS has a conscience as clear as crystal, but it would surprise me if their telemetry systems went as far as "user viewed offline file x for y length of time", partly because it's hardly going to earn them any popularity points (esp. at a time when they want users to upgrade to Win10 for no good reason), but mainly because what would be the point in it full stop?
It would be one thing to note that users routinely have MS Edge open for x hours at a time, I can see that as being useful information when testing their software.
The only way to avoid this crap is to disconnect your online activity.
They hope to learn something about how people are using their products. Analytics is used alongside other methods (research, dog-fooding, user interviews) to determine what features people are using, how they are using them and subsequently what gets attention in the future.Not that I think that MS has a conscience as clear as crystal, but it would surprise me if their telemetry systems went as far as "user viewed offline file x for y length of time", partly because it's hardly going to earn them any popularity points (esp. at a time when they want users to upgrade to Win10 for no good reason), but mainly because what would be the point in it full stop?
The attitude of people is hilarious:
Your Operating System is spying on you: shrug
We listen too all your phone calls: shrug
We took naked pictures of your wife: shrug
We installed a camera in your house: shrug
We know what books you read: shrug
We track you when you drive: shrug
I'm always so embarrassed by Americans apathy towards liberty and privacy.
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