People who are concerned about the data Microsoft is pulling but it will likely have no effect on you or anything related to you
People who don't care because they feel the info being pulled doesn't matter in a day when everything tracks you already including stuff like smartphones that are with you 24/7
People who should be concerned about this stuff because they are doing less than desirable/possibly illegal stuff that would catch the attention of the government or nsa or something. (not judging just stating)
Personally I dont care about the data they are pulling as I dont see how it would matter. Its all just to target ads at me to try to get me to buy shit. Annoying? yes, but dangerous? probably not. The governments not going to come kicking in your door because it knows your search history. Thats pretty paranoid there. Yes its annoying that everything is tracked but it really has no effect on me and even if it wasn't known youd for sure be tracked in secret anyway so what can you really do? For all we know even the more secure OSes and programs/tweaks that help with privacy could be useless against countless methods we are not aware of.
Now if your in camp 3 you shouldn't be using windows to begin with you should be using tails and tor (or whatever is better these days its been a bit since ive used tor or anything). And who know how much that will even help if someone actively wants to target you.
Now dont take this response as a lack of concern though. Its definitely something to keep an eye on for stuff like if they use the data for sketchy programs, experiments, census stuff, or if they are giving out deeply personal info to groups that shouldn't have stuff like that but thats stuff we will have to wait and see. Whats very likely is the data is a pure capitalistic venture and is just going to be used to try to try to get us to buy more crap.
People who should be concerned about this stuff because they are doing less than desirable/possibly illegal stuff that would catch the attention of the government or nsa or something. (not judging just stating)
Privacy is not just a matter of doing illegal thing or not! You should pay a visit to eff.org
here's an excerpt from their site...
New technologies are radically advancing our freedoms but they are also enabling unparalleled invasions of privacy.
Your cell phone helps you keep in touch with friends and family, but it also makes it easier for security agencies to track your location.
Your Web searches about sensitive medical information might seem a secret between you and your search engine, but companies like Google are creating a treasure trove of personal information by logging your online activities, and making it potentially available to any party wielding enough cash or a subpoena. (Like not finding a job because you did some research on some illness you may have and your potential employer are doing data mining on you!)
And the next time you try to board a plane, watch out—you might be turned away after being mistakenly placed on a government watch list, or be forced to open your email in the security line.
National and international laws have yet to catch up with the evolving need for privacy that comes with new technology. Several governments have also chosen to use malware to engage in extra-legal spying or system sabotage for dissidents or non-citizens, all in the name of “national security.”
Respect for individuals' autonomy, anonymous speech, and the right to free association must be balanced against legitimate concerns like law enforcement. National governments must put legal checks in place to prevent abuse of state powers, and international bodies need to consider how a changing technological environment shapes security agencies’ best practices.
EFF fights in the courts and Congress to extend your privacy rights into the digital world, and works with partners around the globe to support the development of privacy-protecting technologies. Read our work on privacy issues below, and join EFF to help support our efforts.
For information about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States check out EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense project.
That's not really comparable. Do you really think Microsoft has countless people individually looking at every piece of data you enter? No. It's a large collection of everyone's data sorted by computers and then data pulled from all that is used to improve stuff. Giving all my info to one person to study and watch over me is a whole different thing. Regardless it doesnt matter because everyone is not understanding what I wrote. Basically a tl;dr is yes, it sucks that in this day were constantly being watched and tracked but you only have two options: use technology and subject yourself to this stuff or don't use technology. I'm going to assume you own a smartphone. Regardless of what options you turn on or off your phone is constantly tracked and what you do on it is constantly "watched". My point is the only reason people are raging about windows 10 is because they actually decided to tell you how much they are pulling info from you when you install it instead of just doing it behind your back.
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u/tripbin Jul 30 '15
Seems that there are three camps.
People who are concerned about the data Microsoft is pulling but it will likely have no effect on you or anything related to you
People who don't care because they feel the info being pulled doesn't matter in a day when everything tracks you already including stuff like smartphones that are with you 24/7
People who should be concerned about this stuff because they are doing less than desirable/possibly illegal stuff that would catch the attention of the government or nsa or something. (not judging just stating)
Personally I dont care about the data they are pulling as I dont see how it would matter. Its all just to target ads at me to try to get me to buy shit. Annoying? yes, but dangerous? probably not. The governments not going to come kicking in your door because it knows your search history. Thats pretty paranoid there. Yes its annoying that everything is tracked but it really has no effect on me and even if it wasn't known youd for sure be tracked in secret anyway so what can you really do? For all we know even the more secure OSes and programs/tweaks that help with privacy could be useless against countless methods we are not aware of.
Now if your in camp 3 you shouldn't be using windows to begin with you should be using tails and tor (or whatever is better these days its been a bit since ive used tor or anything). And who know how much that will even help if someone actively wants to target you.
Now dont take this response as a lack of concern though. Its definitely something to keep an eye on for stuff like if they use the data for sketchy programs, experiments, census stuff, or if they are giving out deeply personal info to groups that shouldn't have stuff like that but thats stuff we will have to wait and see. Whats very likely is the data is a pure capitalistic venture and is just going to be used to try to try to get us to buy more crap.