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Microsoft Denies Windows 8 App Spying Via SmartScreen

Posted by timothy on from the wall-of-separation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has denied Windows 8 SmartScreen is spying after research by Nadim Kobeissi indicated otherwise." Whether it's "spying" or not, Microsoft is collecting certain information with SmartScreen — the key is what's done with it: The article quotes a Microsoft spokesperson: "We don’t use this data to identify, contact or target advertising to our users and we don’t share it with third parties."

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  1. Disable it! by zenlessyank · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is a check box where you can disable this 'feature' before installation. Nothing to see here....

    1. Re:Disable it! by CrazyDuke · · Score: 5, Informative

      Look in his history: His Karma is negative. The comment hasn't even been modded.

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      Any sufficiently advanced influence is indistinguishable from control.
    2. Re:Disable it! by bloodhawk · · Score: 5, Informative

      FFS, where do these retards come from, read the damn article or better still read a non tin foil hat version from somewhere like Ars Technica. It is purely an anti malware prevention system that checks if the hash is a known malware when you go to install. There is a lot to hate windows 8 about, but this is actually one of the beneficial features that should help everyone, from the dumb users that install malware to the rest of us that get spammed by the botnets created by that malware.