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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.
Nope, it phones home with the offline usage locally collected data to MS every time you get on the net with it. But MS has been doing this all along, even with Win 7. But at least you could work offline with most stuff.
“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.”
Absolutely. And the first persistent error warning you get when booting up Win 10 is “you are not connected to the internet” and it wants to make you connect to function properly. Most apps won’t even work unless you connect to the internet even though they don’t actually need the internet. It’s basically a fancy tablet that depends on online apps.
I can already tell you are going to hate it when you are finally forced to go it soon. Your concerns are the exact same as mine were and why I went to linux instead. I used my daughter’s new computer a few years back with Win 10 just one time and immediately make the decision that it was never going to happen on any of mine and I wasn’t going to support the arrogance. Used it many times since on other folks computers and each time I shut the lid absolutely fuming and ready to throw it against a wall.
“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.”
Yep, absolutely. It is literally sheep following sheep off the cliff into the abyss. I am very worried about the fact that so many are willing to just accept it and put up with it when there is an independent and superior option free.