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To: Bob434
> Does anyone know if the windows insider program makes the user unable to turn off all the ‘phone home’ junk in windows 10? Do they require that you send them info automatically such as usage, browsing etc for purposes of development?

Good question, I honestly don't know, but I assume that the point of the insider program is precisely to gather telemetry like crazy. I can't imagine they would give away advance copies of releases unless they were looking for more detailed feedback not merely opinions.

9 posted on 02/08/2017 9:14:21 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

[[but I assume that the point of the insider program is precisely to gather telemetry like crazy.]]

Yep- that would be my assumption too- I would think they’d want to see how ‘real world’ computers handle the code- ie: how vastly different setups and hardware, and software configurations would handle it- The average users like me wouldn’t know hardly any of these things- something would go wrong and we just wouldn’t know what caused it or how to fix it- but if the error messages were sent to MS automatically, they could use it for development purposes without the user needing to know the intricate details of the problem

But then again- perhaps they don’t- i just don’t know- it just seems more probable that they would


10 posted on 02/08/2017 9:31:27 AM PST by Bob434
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