As far as I know there are no comments to the Slate article. I read
Paul Thurrott's article 3 times and most of the comments more than once.
Some of those comments support my position. Sorry, I think Thurrot's
defense of Microsoft is very weak and mostly incomplete. Note that
Thurrott's article is not a direct refutation of the Slate article.
The fundamental fact is that Microsoft has changed their business model
to be more like Google or even more like Google than Google. It is
their intention to collect vast amounts of personal data and don't tell
you about it. There are opt outs provided but most ordinary users won't
know about them or be able to find them. But perhaps I'm just a privacy
fanatic. I have a Google account but don't use it or gmail. I don't
use Facebook or other social media.
I continue to maintain that for the computer users that I support there
is very little upside to a Windows 10 conversion. And we haven't even
mentioned bugs and incompatibilities yet or Microsoft's diddling with
your browser and antivirus apps.
Color me unconvinced,
Chuck Norcutt
On 8/10/2015 12:41 PM, Lawrence Plummer wrote:
>
This article provides in-depth coverage of Windows 10 personal privacy
problems. It's unfortunate that this article is needed... and you will
need it. Without it there's no simple or obvious way to defeat
Microsoft's invasive default privacy settings. The very first lesson is
never select "Express Install" for Windows 10.
Chuck, this Slate piece has been highly criticized for some misleading
information. Right off the bat, his quote of the EULA is extremely misleading.
He inserts a period, in the front of a very specific set of circumstances that
his quote applies to.
"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; 3.operate and maintain the security of our
services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or 4.protect
the rights or property of Microsoft, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the
services – however, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services
to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of Microsoft, we will not inspect a
customer’s private content ourselves, but w
e may refer the matter to law enforcement."
Read the comments to the article. Also see this alternate view of Win10:
https://www.petri.com/windows-10-privacy-concerns-are-overblown-but-perception-matters
larry
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|