January 3rd 16, 03:33 AM
posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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It's a good day to upgrade
Slimer wrote on 1/2/2016 12:19 PM:
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On 2016-01-02 11:36 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 22:15:00 -0500, Slimer wrote:
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On 2016-01-01 9:23 PM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:17:44 -0500, Slimer wrote:
You're ignoring Windows 7 which was a masterpiece and Windows
10 which, according to a list published today, is the version
of Windows with the least vulnerabilities.
Not counting the ones built in by Microsoft, of course.
By all means, provide us with a list of these build-in
vulnerabilities.
You already know them -- Windows 10 sends all sorts of private
information to Microsoft.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/29740...w-to-turn-off-
windows-10s-keylogger-yes-it-still-has-one.html
is just the first hit of many, when one does a Google search.
Quote from Microsoft, requoted in that article: "When you interact
with your Windows device by speaking, writing (handwriting), or
typing, Microsoft collects speech, inking, and typing
information?including information about your Calendar and People
(also known as contacts)..."
And the same stuff is retrofitted int9o Windows 7 and 8 unless you
carefully reject any updates having to do with "telemetry".
The problem that I have with PC World (and your) decision to call it a
keylogger is that keyloggers were traditionally used for the express
purpose of collecting usernames and passwords from unsuspecting
victims. In this case, Microsoft is using the supposed keylogger to
allow its search engine to predict what you are looking for (like
Google) and to enhance the services it offers to the user. As far as I
can tell, there is no real spying going on and they are not selling
user data, monitoring your activities or anything of the sort the way
Google does. It honestly feels like people are overreacting to
something which is nothing more than a necessity to allow certain
features to work correctly.
I might be wrong but the amount of evidence articles have presented so
far that Microsoft is doing something wrong has been very weak.
Yes, me too.
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