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Windows 10 To Be Installed On 4 Million US Department of Defense Computers (betanews.com)

Posted by timothy on from the next-round's-on-you-just-like-last-round dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Microsoft keeps shouting about the millions of users that have switched to Windows 10, and soon the company will have another 4 million to bray about. The U.S. Department of Defense is the latest big name to give Windows 10 the seal of approval apparently unconcerned with the privacy and telemetry issues that have put off others. 4 million enterprise upgrades for Windows 10 is a real feather in the cap for Microsoft, and the aim is to get each system running the latest version of the operating system inside a year. The DoD has also announced that it is granting certification to Surface 3, Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 4, and Surface Book devices, meaning that they now appear on its Approved Products List.

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  1. Telemetry Free Version by p0p0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm assuming they've got a special version from Microsoft that isn't constantly collecting telemetry data, even when specifically disabled. They wouldn't use an OS that constantly sending information to an outside network, would they?

    Oh god they probably would.

    1. Re:Telemetry Free Version by guruevi · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Why would they? The decision makers probably don't even understand the concerns and none of the non-IT workers care very much. Until the data has gone to China for a half a decade will they 'find out' and then they'll start a Senate Committee to investigate the issue and after a few more years, when everyone has moved onto Windows 15, will they decide that it wasn't a good idea but it's too expensive now to switch.

      Anyone concerned about security should never use Microsoft products. Most portions of our government have proven that they don't care, the only ones I see care is the NSA which regularly contributes to Linux (SELinux etc) so I think they must be running primarily that.

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  2. Three possibilities by LichtSpektren · · Score: 4, Interesting

    1) The DoD are getting a special spyware-free version of Windows 10. (Remember, even the standard Windows 10 Enterprise will pervasively spy on its users, despite what many Microsoft shills have flaunted.)
    2) The DoD do not care that there is spyware in Windows 10, because Microsoft shares all the data with them anyway.
    3) This deal was made behind closed doors months or years before Windows 10 was production ready, and as a result, nobody dared to check if Windows 10 would actually be a good product for the DoD.