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Windows 10: Here are the privacy issues you should know about
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| July 29, 2015
| Mic Wright
Posted on 07/30/2015 1:48:23 PM PDT by steve86
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Cortana is a sexy spy in the machine
Turn on Cortana, the virtual assistant, and youre also turning on a whole host of data sharing:
To enable Cortana to provide personalized experiences and relevant suggestions, Microsoft collects and uses various types of data, such as your device location, data from your calendar, the apps you use, data from your emails and text messages, who you call, your contacts and how often you interact with them on your device.
Cortana also learns about you by collecting data about how you use your device and other Microsoft services, such as your music, alarm settings, whether the lock screen is on, what you view and purchase, your browse and Bing search history, and more.
Lots of things can live in those two words and more. Also note that because Cortana analyzes speech data, Microsoft collects your voice input, as well as your name and nickname, your recent calendar events and the names of people in your appointments, and information about your contacts including names and nicknames.
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We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to protect our customers or enforce the terms governing the use of the services.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1984; bigbrother; microsoft; nsa; spyware; windows; windowspinglist
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People nuts to use this stuff on any O/S
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:48:23 PM PDT
by
steve86
To: steve86
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:50:17 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: steve86
They have been doing this for a long time.
It is right in the TERMS AND CONDITIONS that most people never read....
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:52:01 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
(Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
To: steve86
I must say, I haven’t found Cortana to be very useful.
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:52:23 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Red Badger
Hey, I liked that guy! But I like graphics. windows help really stinks (only used up to 7). Keyword search was for geeks only. I’m delaying getting 10 and may not. I’ll wait till lots of people here say they like it.
To: EagleUSA
It is right in the TERMS AND CONDITIONS Haven't seen it in any of the Linux apps I use.
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:54:46 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: huldah1776
Clippy was executed by Bill Gates..................
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:56:39 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: steve86
I installed W10 yesterday. You are given the option of supplying MS with the above information. I chose not to do so. Done and done.
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:57:43 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Voting is acting white.)
To: steve86
I guess go Linux for Internet use and windoze for necessary applications.
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posted on
07/30/2015 1:58:09 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: sparklite2
I scheduled mine a few days out. Seeing this post makes me glad I did. Odds are I would have opted out of something like that anyway.
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:01:07 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: Red Badger
Clippy was executed by Bill Gates..................BG got this guy too. Serial killer?
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:03:21 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: steve86; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; Alas Babylon!; amigatec; AppyPappy; ..
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:04:21 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Meditate for twenty minutes every day, unless you are too busy, in which case meditate for an hour.)
To: oh8eleven
IIRC, BG married that guy’s project director.
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:04:43 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
To: steve86
Oh, THAT’s not happening.
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:10:51 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Red Badger
LOL I’m not surprised. He is smart but spooky.
To: huldah1776; oh8eleven
Here's the pic of his lifeless body immediately after the execution.......................
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:14:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: oh8eleven
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:15:48 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: steve86
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:25:01 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
To: Ray76
Microsoft collects and uses various types of data, such as your device location, data from your calendar, the apps you use, data from your emails and text messages, who you call, your contacts and how often you interact with them on your device. Microsoft is pure evil! People should wake up and dump it.
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:31:14 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: Ray76
I like the part about analyzing your speech to parse out contact names and bigoted (homophobic, etc.) statements you make. Some day, these very statements will be used against you (e.g. next time you try to purchase a weapon, get child custody, etc.).
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posted on
07/30/2015 2:33:16 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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