Topic: Is Microsoft reading UR emails?Windows 10 may threaten ur privacy watchdogs warn - page 2. (Read 2005 times)

I believe they're also available for those with pirated versions.... it does make you wonder why, right?

Yep, it does.


Good one, thanks!

Here's another article on what you should do to opt out (and hope that it helps):

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/windows-10-spying-almost-everything-opt-130502898.html

I have free upgrades for my Win7 machines lined up, but now I wonder if I should just stay on 7. And why were they giving free upgrades right left and centre like that anyway?

Yep I'll be staying with Windows 7 for the foreseeable future

Looks like they're trying to encourage storing biometric info, can't say I'd be too keen on using my ugly mug to unlock my pc.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/17/windows-hello/

And that's why there are so many abortions. Feel free to use it, I've already warned my family not to though.

One thing I mentioned earlier was the fact that they give away your wifi passwords, which can be given from your friends to their friends and so on. Yes, you have to say yes or else it won't, but how many people out there are going to just hit "yes" without reading the message or what it means? People have been trained to just hit "yes".

That's maybe a too high price for avoiding pregnancy . Do you think your Android or IOS stuff is any better? Clearly not. So using Windows 10 not going to harm your (hypothetical) privacy if you do some research and reconfigure it for your privacy needs.

As the best way to not get pregnant is to not have sex, the best way to keep your privacy is to not install Windows 10.

By default (with the express settings) W10 seems to be quite inquisitive and talkative. I've found a quick howto on Reddit about strengthening privacy on Windows 10: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f38ed/guide_how_to_disable_data_logging_in_w10/

Cheers

There is an entire section in settings called privacy where you can tweak what you are willing to share.

Granted, most people won't bother to change the default settings and will indeed share a bunch of info. I would prefer it if software was privacy minded from the start and you had to make changes in order to reduce privacy. Most people don't give a rats ass for privacy and happily share everything through facebook anyway, so I guess it's tailored for the average consumer.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/default.aspx

http://bgr.com/2015/07/29/windows-10-privacy-issues/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/windows-10-how-get-around-microsofts-privacy-policy-1513874

Can I get a link to the said terms?

From the Terms of Service:

"Finally, 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; 2.protect our customers, for example to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of the services, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone;"

In other words, the police don't need a warrant anymore, they just have to ask.

It’s estimated that more than 14 million devices are running Windows 10 after Microsoft rolled out its new operating system last week.
But an updated privacy statement released shortly afterwards says Microsoft can collect users’ information from private emails, address books and other files.
The move has angered watchdogs which say it is ‘bad news for privacy,’ but Microsoft says it does not collect data without users’ consent.


Within 45 pages of terms and conditions, the privacy information suggests Microsoft begins watching from when an account is created, saving customer’s basic information, passwords and credit card details, Newsweek reported.
The tech giant is also said to save Bing search queries and conversations with Cortana, as well as lists of which websites and apps users visit and the contents of private emails and files, as well as their handwriting


The privacy statement says: ‘your typed and handwritten words are collected.’
The policy adds that Microsoft collects information about a user’s speech and handwriting to ‘help improve and personalise our ability to correctly recognise your input,’ while information from their contacts book is used, such as names and calendar events ‘to better recognise people and events when you dictate messages or documents’.
Cortana, for example, makes use of information about who a user calls on their phone, plus data from their emails and texts, calendar and contacts, as well as their web history and location.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3184827/Is-Microsoft-reading-emails-Windows-10-threaten-privacy-watchdogs-warn.html