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Underground Piracy Sites Want To Block Windows 10 Users
An anonymous reader writes: Some smaller pirate sites have become concerned about Windows 10 system phoning home too many hints regarding that the users are accessing their site. Therefore, the pirate administrators have started blocking Windows 10 users from accessing the BitTorrent trackers that the sites host. The first ones to hit the alarm button were iTS, which have posted a statement and started redirecting Windows 10 users to a YouTube video called Windows 10 is a Tool to Spy on Everything You Do. Additionally, according to TorrentFreak, two other similar dark web torrent trackers are also considering following suit. "As we all know, Microsoft recently released Windows 10. You as a member should know, that we as a site are thinking about banning the OS from FSC," said one of the FSC staff. Likewise, in a message to their users, a BB admin said something similar: "We have also found [Windows 10] will be gathering information on users' P2P use to be shared with anti piracy group."
When Microsoft offered Windows 10, I first thought it was an interesting move. Then I remembered who we are talking about here. Of course they will have back-door deals with the media industry. And of course once everyone who had a pirated version of the OS upgrades to the legit free version, they'll slowly move to a subscription model. The future of every business venture nowadays is recurring revenues. Water is wet, rocks are hard and Microsoft is Microsoft. The universe balances. And I'm staying with Xubuntu and VMWare ...
Windows 10 is malware in its default seutup. This phone home shit should be blacked so they suffer for being so anti-user.
You are what is technically referred to as a "shitdick."
Even better, dont use Windows 10 at all. Do what I am doing and stick with Windows 7 (which doesn't have all this crap) or if you dont need any windows-only software (e.g. games) switch to an alternative OS.
I've noticed an immediate performance improvement, especially with boot ups.
This is great, I have to boot up my laptop about once a month, what an awesome time saver.
The simplest thing is to use something like a Raspberry Pi for torrents and such. As a bonus you can leave it up 24/7 as it uses only a tiny amount of electricity. For my banking and the like I have a laptop that runs linux from a CD. I'd never use Windows for anything I was worried about being seen as it's designed to be backdoored for ages now. They can watch me play games all that they want.
Didn't all you neckbeards say that when 8 came out? Also Vista.
There will never be a year of the Linux desktop. People (except nerds) just don't give a shit. Their computers are just appliances to help them get done what they need to do, and while you nerds are tinkering with them, common folks are out living life, having fun, or advancing their lives or helping the world in some way.
Sometimes the truth is harsh.
Pretty much anything custom developed. Plus a ton of security related analysis software that makes little sense to run on Linux when you try to find problems in Windows software.
Also it's hard to get a hold of really good DTP software. "Oh but there is $x". Yes. There is. And now please pay the month my DTP specialist needs to get used to the completely different way things are done in this software package.
Same for PCB layouting. Is there even a Linux version of Altium?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Sorry, no. If FB et al proved one thing, then that people don't give half a shit about their privacy as long as you give them the noose for their neck for free.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.