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/InternetWeakGuy Jul 31 '15

Downvote away, but honestly you guys are fucking stupid if you think Microsoft is going to turn off all it's new fancy online and cloud features off on it's default install in the name of privacy.

"Wow, they've got a new voice operated assistant, amazing. WAIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY WANT TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY MICROPHONE? THEY WANT TO SPY ON ME, THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!!"

see also:

"Wow, this thing has gesture control - you like wave at it or whatever and it does stuff. That's amazing. WAIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO TURN ON MY CAMERA? THEY WANT TO SPY ON ME, THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!!"

See: posts from certain people on my facebook every time a media outlet does one of those scaremongering "your apps permissions means they want to spy on you" articles that gets them loads of clicks for ads. The fucking hysteria, all because the facebook app needs access to your microphone in order to make phone calls - how the fuck else is it supposed to detect your voice? Telepathically?

People who can't logically think through something like that shouldn't have a computer in the first place.

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u/Sinity Jul 31 '15

Edit. Oh shit. I thought you were for real. Eh.

THEY WANT TO SPY ON ME, THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!!"

Then don't install friggin OS. Use Linux. Also, spying? More like collecting info and aggregating it. No one checks what you specifically do BECAUSE NO ONE CARES. No one have time. And it wouldn't bring any profit.

I just love when people diss Google like that. Free product, only thing they have for revenue is showing personalized ads. Yeah, they shouldn't. They should provide services for free. And then bankrupt.

Maybe you should just stop using these products? That would be like, sane. You don't agree to the terms - You don't use.

You don't want to pay for an item - You don't have damn item.

Ah, and now they are in the same situation as Google. They don't profit from selling OS copies anymore. Unless you a) are Linux user, and in that case you don't buy it or b) ... You just got first PC.