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Security Firm VUPEN Claims To Have Hacked Windows 8 and IE10
An anonymous reader writes "Windows 8 was released late last week, and already this week French security firm VUPEN says it has broken Microsoft's latest and greatest security features. The company claims it has developed a 0-day exploit for Windows 8 and IE10, by chaining multiple undisclosed flaws together."
Yes, you can go through a ridiculously complex process to install a key that will expire and Microsoft can revoke so that you can run some software on your system. It's more akin to Apple's extreme restrictions on side loading than Android's 3rd party sources checkbox. The only difference is that Microsoft isn't charging you $99 to get one. You're still at Microsoft's mercy, and no one can use your application unless they too are capable of repeating the steps.
I don't know why people keep defending this. It's designed explicitly to inhibit people from using it and bypassing the store.
With Microsoft you have worse privacy than with Google. They collect at least the same amount of information, and because everything is closed you never know what else they transmit and collect.