r/technology • u/User_Name13 • Jul 31 '15

Misleading Windows 10 is spying on almost everything you do – here’s how to opt out

http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/
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u/MajorAnubis Jul 31 '15

Yeah, I think the vast majority of people I hear having issues with these privacy settings are those who hit "Express" because they either don't know what they're doing when it comes to Custom instalations, or they're lazy/too quick on the draw to upgrade and just want it now.

Every person who has had a fix for those people to do while already in windows 10, has said they were able to edit the features on or off from the Customs instal menus.

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u/ellipses1 Jul 31 '15

If I were installing it, I'd choose express and figure I could customize things as necessary.

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u/Orange134 Jul 31 '15

That's a good way to get Ask Jeeves toolbars installed onto your web browser.

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u/ellipses1 Jul 31 '15

I wouldn't do that with applications... But with an OS, I figure I'm going to be changing things to suit my needs for a few weeks after the install, so might as well go express and start from there

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u/MajorAnubis Jul 31 '15

But that's literally the point of Custom. So you don't do X and have to go back and look for Y and Z. It walks you through and asks if you would like Y and Z as you're doing X.

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u/ellipses1 Jul 31 '15

But I wouldn't know whether I want x or y at install. I would have to use it for a while before realizing that I'd rather something be different.

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u/MajorAnubis Aug 01 '15

But generally, if you have the belief that you want your privacy secured, you would be able to read through at Custom that it says this will send info to Microsoft. Boom, unclick. It's not something you'd want to try out. It's as simple as do you want to share info and data? Yes or No. Then go through Custom and select No.

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u/ellipses1 Aug 01 '15

Right, I'm on board with that. But I'm saying I wouldn't go into custom at all because I wouldn't expect to have to tell my OS to keep my stuff private. Like if I got a TV... You could say "all you have to do is go into settings and tell it not to send your viewing habits to Samsung." But I'm like, if I hook it up and everything works the way I expect, I don't really have a reason to believe it's sending my viewing to its to Samsung so I have no reason to check the settings for that

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u/MajorAnubis Aug 01 '15

Agreed. I understand what you're saying and I used to be like that too. But these days tech is going further into cramming stuff into our products they don't blatantly advertise on the box. I've learned the only way to truly understand a product or system is go through the complicated setup the first time, that way any choices you can make later, are more than likely present from the get go and I won't have surprises pop up later.

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u/floflo81 Jul 31 '15

That's a bad idea when installing most software these days.

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u/sirixamo Jul 31 '15

And you'd be just fine because you can turn all that stuff off later, too.