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Microsoft To Enhance User Privacy Controls In Upcoming Windows 10 Update (hothardware.com)

MojoKid writes: When Microsoft first launched Windows 10, it was generally well-received but also came saddled with a number of privacy concerns. It has taken quite a while for Microsoft to respond to these concerns in a meaningful way, but the company is finally proving that it's taking things seriously by detailing some enhanced privacy features coming to a future Windows 10 build. Microsoft is launching what it calls a (web-based) privacy dashboard, which lets you configure anything and everything about information that might be sent to back to the mothership. You can turn all tracking off, or pick and choose, if certain criteria don't concern you too much, like location or health activity, for example. Also, for fresh installs, you'll be given more specific privacy options so that you can feel confident from the get-go about the information you're sending Redmond's way. If you do decide to send any information Microsoft's way, the company promises that it won't use your information for the sake of targeted advertising.

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  1. Re:Why Microsoft wins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    So your calling out half of America cause they did not want another war monger in office not to mention the list of scandals the Clinton's caused?
    or are you so left you think he will bring ww3?

    Are you so right-winged delusional that you forgot that Trump spent years proclaiming that Obama wasn't born in America, babbles over Mexico paying for some wall, demands an immediate repeal of healthcare reform, and can't find a non-racist to be Attorney General, is probably going to fill the swamp with putrid ooze, has not managed to show a shred of humility at only barely scraping together a technical victory in the electoral college, and will likely get us involved with a war just to distract us from his next horrendous personal failing being exposed?