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[ NNSquad ] More on Windows 10 (preview) data collection
More on Windows 10 (preview) data collection I want to add a few of my own thoughts to that article on the Windows 10 preview version data collection policies. If any of those data collection features were enabled by default, and unless there's a big red warning at installation that you must respond to with more than a single click, explaining all these aspects, it's still unacceptable. Too many people will download this and use it like any other system without considering the implications. I couldn't care less what they plan to do when it goes out of beta at this juncture -- I'm concerned about right now. As I recall they've done similar in previous previews, but the stakes are much higher now given government attitudes to collected data. It is a mistake to assume that everyone who will download this preview or end up with it installed (perhaps by their "IT Guy") will be cognizant of the options and implications. I'm the guy who found MS' undisclosed "phone home" behavior years ago. It was not an enormous privacy problem, but it was still telling and a lot of bad press for MS resulted. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy I am a consultant to Google -- I speak only for myself, not for them. Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad