What is going on with Windows 10 and privacy????

I may have missed this point being brought up, but I don't think so. There are hundreds of millions of Windows users on this planet, and only several thousand MS employees. How in the world would they (or even the MS data systems) have time to collect personally identifying data on all those hundreds of millions of users? I cannot see where it would even be worth their time and effort.

slicendice said:

I 100% blindly trust that there is at least one or more bugs in Windows and other MS products. I am also 100% trusting that MS and all other big companies will eventually make mistakes. But I also 100% trust that all these companies will do their best to protect user privacy, where MS currently is on top of my list because I can also protect my children with ease. I also 100% trust that MS will work on improving features regarding privacy and overall user experiences. Finally I 100% trust that MS protects my personal data to the extreme and will not spread that data on purpose.

Conclusion: I 100% trust MS regarding data collected about me. And I 100% trust that MS as a company would be killed in no time if it would use my or any other users or companies data wrong.

@slicendice

Ms OK but there are some nasty companies out there still.

Good example on that was Cambridge Analytica in the UK -- now defunct -- had it been in the USA the directors of that company would have been marched straight off to Jail in Handcuffs in front of all employees.

Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach | News | The Guardian

At the very least CEO's of companies who behave like that should be barred from ever running a company again.

In no way can one even begin to compare Ms with that particular organisation.

Cheers
jimbo

So ... which companies collect data and don't profit from it?

tdockery97 said:

I may have missed this point being brought up, but I don't think so. There are hundreds of millions of Windows users on this planet, and only several thousand MS employees. How in the world would they (or even the MS data systems) have time to collect personally identifying data on all those hundreds of millions of users? I cannot see where it would even be worth their time and effort.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Josey Wales said:

There is no expectation of privacy anywhere using any OS or Browser ob the NET. Period.

Dead wrong there.

swarfega said:

To my mind its not a privacy issue if you behave within the law and just going about your daily business and all they're doing is telemetry like what apps you open and for how long.

Law's are being written right now to prevent having tech giants holding a file on you. GDPR
It's a monumental privacy issue. That's not all they are doing.
They build a file on you, that they can sell to someone on top of a thousand other application.

And that's called industry spying.
They are turning the PC experience into an industry spyglass.

That's the unacceptable part!

Imagine when It connects to your smart home....