Camy Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Watch this.... https://youtu.be/FuYtQGfORwY Link to comment
vwl Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 PC World has a piece on the privacy issues. In short, go to Settings/Privacy and remove Microsoft's access to your information. Then go to Speech, Inking and Typing to remove similar access. Whether or not these steps take care of everything, I don't know. Link to comment
Chris James Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 A very disturbing feature of Windows 10 that needs to go, but it seems it cannot be stopped: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/09/10/george-takei-takes-aim-at-windows-10-feature-that-could-out-kids-to-their-parents/ Link to comment
Chris James Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Microsoft backs down: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/09/29/microsoft-to-change-windows-10-after-warnings-it-could-out-gay-teens/ Not sure this will do everything necessary to protect all privacy but at least they are looking at it. Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 I found the statement remarkably unconvincing and vague. Staying with Windows 7 here. R Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 If Microshaft can't access your computer, the Narcissistic Security Agency can. They're from the goverenment and they're here to help. Link to comment
TalonRider Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 I wouldn't doubt that they could. Since upgrading my laptop, I've noticed here lately, after checking my wireless account with Linksys, that the laptop is contected after shutting it down. I've even gone as far as turning off the laptop connection which did shut the connection. But when I checked later on, it was back on. Link to comment
Bruin Fisher Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 What I can say is that Microsoft really, really want you to upgrade to Windows 10. In addition to the little nag icon in the systray, computers I administer have started throwing up a large dialog with instructions on how to upgrade. However there's an application that we all use here that is not compatible with Windows 10. If we upgrade we'll have to buy an upgraded version of our app which will cost big money - and slow the rather basic-spec computers down significantly. So we're not upgrading, but it's getting annoying having to bat these nag dialogs away all the time! One machine that doesn't run the obstructive app, I thought I might upgrade it and started the process. The dialog announced that my machine was compatible with Win10, so I started the process, but after rebooting it finished with an error message and left me precisely where I started. Apparently the machine isn't compatible after all. This is why I like Linux... Link to comment
Lugnutz Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 I put them into hiding. I don't need or want 10. You can't get rid of them entirely, but you can choose what you see. Link to comment
colinian Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 You can always go back to MS-DOS 3.1. Colin Link to comment
vwl Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 An article that explains a lot about privacy on various programs/platforms: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2986988/privacy/the-price-of-free-how-apple-facebook-microsoft-and-google-sell-you-to-advertisers.html#tk.nl_pcwbest Link to comment
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