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Microsoft Finally Reveals What Data Windows 10 Really Collects (theverge.com)
Starting today, Microsoft is updating its privacy statement and publishing information about the data it collects as part of Windows 10. From a report: "For the first time, we have published a complete list of the diagnostic data collected at the Basic level," explains Windows chief Terry Myerson in a company blog post. "We are also providing a detailed summary of the data we collect from users at both Basic and Full levels of diagnostics." Microsoft is introducing better controls around its Windows 10 data collection levels in the latest Creators Update, which will start rolling out broadly next week. The controls allow users to switch between basic and full levels of data collection. "Our teams have also worked diligently since the Anniversary Update to re-assess what data is strictly necessary at the Basic level to keep Windows 10 devices up to date and secure," says Myerson. "As a result, we have reduced the number of events collected and reduced, by about half, the volume of data we collect at the Basic level."
Finally, since January. They revealed this in January when they pushed the update to Insiders Build. They introduced the disclosure as part of compliance with EU regulations.
Link to the actual list, not an article about the list: https://technet.microsoft.com/...
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
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It doesn't matter if this is the complete list. This list by itself is already bonkers.
At the very least, they admit that they:
- Uniquely identify you, your device, and your location/network.
- Record what you navigate and search on the internet.
- Record what you watch, listen to, and read.
- Record your purchase history.
Not that it matters though. I believe almost everyone does this nowadays.
At least they are being transparent.
If I clone myself, can I call it a thread?
If a girl winks to us, can I call it a race condition?
Look at the f*cking thing and see how reasonable it is:
https://technet.microsoft.com/...
It's completely ridiculous. Windows 10 is basically spyware disguised as an OS at this point.
Actually, opt-out is all that is required, and both Firefox and Homebrew have it and since they're both open source, if you don't like having to opt out, you can edit the code and remove the data gathering completely. You know who doesn't allow you to opt out? You who what doesn't allow you to edit the code? Microsoft.
The issue I have with Windows 10 is that it no longer treats you like you are the OWNER. It treats you like a library card holder, lucky to be able to use their 10 year old machine.
The justifications offered by MS are as ridiculous as they are hilarious.
"Activity for run of the Transient Account Manager that determines if any user accounts should be deleted for devices set up for Shared PC mode to help keep Windows up to date. Deleting unused user accounts on shared devices frees up disk space to improve Windows Update success rates"
Seriously so you have to know how many local accounts, when I add, change and remove them. When they first login and their sids I keep on my own machine because there is some insanely comical correlation between local accounts and available disk space?
It's not like you are not already explicitly stealing volume information via Census.Storage and SetupPlatformTel.SetupPlatformTelActivityEvent. And who the fuck installs software without check for available disk space first? Is the success rate of an action really undeterminable prior to taking it because disk space? I don't think even Microsoft is stupid enough to believe their own BS.
Also love the generic key/value data access schemes where the full list of available keys that can be transmitted are not specified anywhere.. Only the top level interface to transfer the data.
FieldName - Retrieves the event name/data point.
Value - Retrieves the value associated with the corresponding event name
If your going to be transparent don't be transparently slimy. You may impress end users with better things to do with reams of context deprived technobabble but there are plenty of people in the world as smart or smarter than the people who compiled this crap.