Slashdot Mirror
Windows 10 Still Phones Home With Data In Spite of Privacy Settings
Penguinisto writes: According to Ars Technica, Windows 10 will still send telemetry and other data to Microsoft-owned domains — no matter how tightly you crank down the privacy settings. Even with everything buttoned down, Cortana, OneDrive, and Web Search from the Start Menu disabled, the OS still phones home, using a random system ID that persists across reboots. It apparently also tries to bypass proxies to do it. "Some of the traffic looks harmless but feels like it shouldn't be happening. For example, even with no Live tiles pinned to Start (and hence no obvious need to poll for new tile data), Windows 10 seems to download new tile info from MSN's network from time to time, using unencrypted HTTP to do so. ... Other traffic looks a little more troublesome. Windows 10 will periodically send data to a Microsoft server named ssw.live.com. ... The exact nature of the information being sent isn't clear—it appears to be referencing telemetry settings—and again, it's not clear why any data is being sent at all. We disabled telemetry on our test machine using group policies."
Yeah, but if you're a hedge fund manager, they both can make you rich!
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Obligatory "I'm shocked, SHOCKED I TELL YOU!"
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
No way your workplace already installed 10. Nobody's that stupi...oh fuck I just answered my own question.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
I either (a) really want to know what text-to-speech and/or autocorrect engine you're using; or (b) am genuinely interested in how penis parts made their way in to OS X.