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Underground Piracy Sites Want To Block Windows 10 Users

Posted by timothy on from the so-cool-to-be-underground-like-Windows-7 dept.

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."

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  1. I knew it. by stongef · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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 ...

    1. Re: I knew it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      When Windows 8 came out, I said to myself: "I'll skip it, Widows 7 is running fine for me".

      When Windows 8.1 came out, I said to myself: "I'm glad I stayed on Windows 7, those MS jackoffs pulled another Windows ME".

      When Wine Windows 10 came out, I said to myself: "I'll skip it, Windows 7 is running fine for me"...

      Windows 7 EOS 2020.

  2. Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Windows 10 is malware in its default seutup. This phone home shit should be blacked so they suffer for being so anti-user.

  3. Re:Not just Windows 10 by FranTaylor · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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.

  4. Re: These companies keep giving us reasons by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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?

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  5. Re:Dear MS. You Really Don't Want To Spy On Users. by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

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