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Windows 10 appears to be mainly spyware - I'm uninstalling Windows 10 and going back to Windows 7
August 8, 2015 | Vanity

Posted on 08/08/2015 8:29:27 AM PDT by Perseverando

Last weekend I loaded Windows 10 on an old laptop I rarely use. I immediately noticed several privacy issues with new open windows (pun intended) for spying on what I do, where I go and what I say online.

After reading some to the reviews and discussions I think it's time to revert back to Windows 7 ASAP.

Thanks, but no thanks Microsoft! The police state is doing a fine job without any additional help from you and me.

I haven't turned the laptop on since I loaded Windows 10, but the next time I do, it will be for the sole purpose of uninstalling Windows 10.

Anyone care to join me?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Government
KEYWORDS: computer; malware; microsoft; spyware; tech; windows; windows10
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To: VanDeKoik
I swear is FR the place for all of the tech illiterate people on the right choose to go?

Seems to be. Some of the outrageous b.s. claims like the one above about Windows 10 have no basis in fact and do as you've indicated, point right at the posters technical illiteracy.

That's typically why I stay off most threads like this one. I've been a beta tester for Microsoft for over 15 years now. The claims made by the original poster have no basis in fact. None whatsoever.

61 posted on 08/08/2015 9:47:51 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: aft_lizard

Okay,like personal stuff, where you go, what you view, etc? Or in a word: Data.


62 posted on 08/08/2015 9:52:11 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: ElkGroveDan; moovova
If that's your attitude then you shouldn't use ANY computer operating system of any kind unless you wrote the programming code yourself. And even then ~~~ who really knows about the hardware? ~~~

FWIW: Within the past month, I was talking to some senior citizen acquaintances with family members working in "internet security jobs" in the D.C. area. These "dangerous" elderly geezers were instructed by the "in the loop" techies not to post anything online, controversial or not.

63 posted on 08/08/2015 9:53:06 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: Kirkwood
It was a surprise to everyone, even the beta testers. The reason to turn these things off is beyond the ability of many users to fully understand, especially when so much of the privacy switches are hidden.

A legitimate complaint. In some ways, this reminds me of the early days of Windows XP, where Microsoft installed and enabled IIS, FTP Server and Core Networking Services as part of the default install.

Installing IIS and enabling it by default was the main reason so many viruses propagated so quickly over the internet. Viruses were specifically created to use IIS as the point to access and infect the users computer AND aid in progagating those types of viruses over the internet.

That problem was so bad, Microsoft had to slipstream in an update to disable the installation of IIS by default, and they changed the code being written to CD/DVD Install disks also.

Yeah, the good old days.

64 posted on 08/08/2015 9:55:22 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Perseverando

It is much harder to do today, but you used to be able to do a low level format of your hard drive. That is the only way to scrub every *possible* place where hidden data might be stored. And Microsoft was at the forefront in hiding data where it could not be readily found or overwritten. The operating system just pretended it did not exist, unless it got orders from Microsoft. Such hidden bits were long used in copyright schemes.

Sadly, hard drive makers now insist on doing low level formats themselves, and only in the factory. So the only way of being safe is to get a new hard drive. Or not use one at all, instead having a thumb drive OS, thumb drive hard drive, etc.


65 posted on 08/08/2015 9:56:50 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Hattie
When you begin to install Win 10, there is a box you can check for “custom install”. That will let you read many of the privacy things and you can say yes or no.

You can also go back later if you miss it and stop them too. (win10) >Start>Settings>Privacy; go thru the entire list on the left side.

Para 1: Did that at install, as I mentioned in post #30 above.

Para 2: I was aware of that too and looked at briefly before deciding that I probably didn't want to opt in to Microsoft's data collection project.

Thankyou.

66 posted on 08/08/2015 9:59:24 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: VanDeKoik

“And you could not go and turn off the data collection options (you could have done that during the initial install), but instead post an absurd rant essentially saying you have no idea what you are doing?”

I wonder if those are the *only* data collection methods baked in?

I wonder if there is also a backdoor to compromise security for the government/s?


67 posted on 08/08/2015 10:09:44 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: Jonty30
I cannot believe that Mucrosoft would shoot itself in the foot this way, when it needed to build goodwill with its customer base the most right now.

They should have made a point of saying that Microsoft would protect its customers for privacy issue and then follow through. It might have helped it increase its phone share as well if it had done that.

You have nailed it. What was Microsoft thinking? The only goodwill they are building is with our new improved police state.

68 posted on 08/08/2015 10:11:08 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: Grampa Dave

What is your operating system? I have grown comfortable with the XP format and learned to do a lot of useful things with Outlook for creating and filing my business communications.


69 posted on 08/08/2015 10:17:21 AM PDT by Baynative (Liberty lost is a high price to pay for the experiment of socialism.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; VanDeKoik
I wonder if there is also a backdoor to compromise security for the government/s?

Oh no you're not! You're not insinuating massive government spying on its citizens. </sarc>

70 posted on 08/08/2015 10:17:29 AM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis & Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

LOL! Same here.


71 posted on 08/08/2015 10:27:24 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: grayeagle

Activate God Mode in Windows 10 for Quick Access to Windows Commands

http://lifehacker.com/activate-god-mode-in-windows-10-for-quick-access-to-win-1721853635


72 posted on 08/08/2015 10:34:46 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: Perseverando

Tell your doc to up the strength of your meds old man


73 posted on 08/08/2015 10:39:46 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: usconservative

FR is mostly old geezers so don’t be surprised about these tinfoil conspiracy threads Andrew technology


74 posted on 08/08/2015 10:41:19 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

Andrew = and new


75 posted on 08/08/2015 10:41:40 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: VanDeKoik

It all started back in about 2003 when Walmart started selling desktop PCs for under $500.

FR was never the same after that.


76 posted on 08/08/2015 11:08:06 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: ElkGroveDan

“If that’s your attitude...”

I guess it is. But I can be distrustful and still surf the internet. Just this morning, after receiving a email from “Lotitia Grizell wanting to be my f#=/buddy...contact her at this link...”, I told my wife, I’d love to just completely disconnect from everything. That was my business email. I’m even starting to get that stuff on my personal email that I only use with family.

Sheesh.


77 posted on 08/08/2015 11:09:29 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Perseverando

not only is it spyware, but it also is automatically a bittorrent-like server for pushing MS updates to unlimited numbers of OTHER Windows 10 systems on the wide area Internet!


78 posted on 08/08/2015 11:36:48 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Baynative

tons of new and refurb W7 Pro systems available on Dell.com. W7 PCs will be sold for several more years. The enterprise did not convert to W8 and they won’t be converting to W10 either, and yet PC companies still want to sell some PCs. Go figure.

Best bets for Dell are Optiplexes and latitudes. Their consumer stuff isn’t very good.

If you want a desktop, there’s plenty of new W7 Pro x64 optiplexes (includes Dell factory onsite 3 yr warranty builtin) for sale at great prices at places like newegg.com and provantage.com. I buy these from both places all the time for both my business and consumer clients. They run around $615.00 delivered for 1TB HD, 8GB RAM, I5 Intel CPU, DVD-RW optical drive, etc.


79 posted on 08/08/2015 11:46:31 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Perseverando

Whatever you do, DO NOT INSTALL PCMATIC:

https://www.google.com/search?q=pcmatic&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8


80 posted on 08/08/2015 11:49:09 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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