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Re: [OM] OT: Win10 - I Am Not Alone

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Win10 - I Am Not Alone
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:59:30 +0100
Yes, thanks Chuck, done all that.  (CNET has a good guide to what to turn
on or off...)

On 29 June 2016 at 10:37, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Now that you're there you need to consider what you have given up that you
> are probably unaware of.  If Window 10 is "free" it must mean that you are
> paying in other ways.  You are.  You may need to follow the advice here to
> regain your personal privacy. <
> http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/08/windows_10_privacy_problems_here_s_how_bad_they_are_and_how_to_plug_them.html
> >
>
> Note that Apple also collects a lot of personal data.  But unlike
> Facebook, Google and Microsoft, Apple doesn't sell it.  Windows 10 (free)
> is a new Microsoft business model.  I choose not to be part of it.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/28/2016 2:38 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Just done the upgrade to Win10 (from 8.1) while it's free (supposedly ends
>> July).
>> All running very smoothly, thanks.
>>
>> jez
>>
>> On 28 June 2016 at 19:19, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 6/28/2016 8:59 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>>
>>>       And you thought you were having fits with the automatic Win10
>>>> upgrade:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Well, no, I am not.
>>>
>>> I installed one of the anti-10 apps on the desktop, to avoid the
>>> annoyances. But I never have had updates automagically applied, so I've
>>> had
>>> no trouble with the netbook+, either.
>>>
>>> I have no theoretical objection to having the latest version of my OS
>>> installed. However, I use the XP virtual machine to run some old software
>>> with which I make a bit of $, and they disappeared it after 7.
>>>
>>> I can't imagine you've had trouble with auto updates.
>>>
>>> Safe, Not Sorry Moose
>>>
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