Yes on both counts, there are backdoors and it hangs on the need to be updated when IT wants to be updated. The thing that really turned me off was the dependencies for an internet connection to do anything, and that all the apps such as office are online and require a paid subscription and account in the MS cloud. Been out 4 years now and was broken when it came out and still broken.
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So in other words (correct me if I am wrong), with Windows 10 there is no such thing as an “air gapped” computer where one can securely work on private projects, such as a not-yet patented project.
With this required need to go on the internet someone could install a hidden program beyond the reach of McAffee and the like. This hidden app could gather information, then download it to the spyers when the required need arises to go online. In other words, delayed spying can easily occur.
There’s a reason W10 was free. It’s just a huge pitcher of Koolaid many just cannot get enough of. Add to this the sheer lunacy of zero privacy on social networking such as Farcebook and the mindless placing of information on a cloud system, and such people are literally an open book.