Megabyte
Well-Known Member
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/07/31/windows-10-may-share-your-wi-fi-password-with-facebook/
Not just facebook, but any network, by the looks of it!
Not just facebook, but any network, by the looks of it!
Windows 10 N0rtiness
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foxidrive
Retired Admin
That's bloody insane. Microsoft takes your security out of your hands.
misi
Growing Little Guru
foxidrive
Retired Admin
A good plan.
The problem with sharing my wi-fi network is that if any pc on the LAN is not locked down then some other dude can get in and snoop and do other mischief.
The Microsoft plan is incredibly offensive in sharing your security without making you opt in, and being absolutely clear that you will no longer be protected by your router.
misi
Growing Little Guru
foxidrive
Retired Admin
Around the world, people continue to migrate to Windows 10, but there is more to Microsoft's new OS than a speedy browser, dark themes, and a bag full of new applications. Also debuting in Windows 10 are a few features that will make anyone concerned with privacy cringe, and they all surround Cortana.
To some users, Cortana represents an extremely useful application that assists you with various tasks. Not only can Cortana keep track of your appointments, but it has the ability to search the Internet, check the weather, tell you the time, open some applications, and even tell you jokes. These functions are not only helpful, but fun to use, as Microsoft has been working tirelessly to demonstrate.
However, to a certain extent, Cortana spies on your every move. To be fair, Microsoft put this information in Cortana's FAQ, and it is common that programs and services collect information from you that relate to that service, and many of us have come to accept that. For example, Google collects information on what you search and what websites you visit, and it sells this information to advertisers. But at this point in the computerized world, many people have come to terms with this fact and don't mind it.
The problem with Cortana is that it goes beyond this more generally accepted level of data collection. Cortana will not only remember all of your search history, but it will also collect information on the people you know, the places you go, your calendar details, your emails, IM messages, your text messages, your phone calls, and virtually everything else you do. That's not to mention that the system sends "speech data" to Microsoft periodically. Microsoft is ambiguous as to what "speech data" is, so we don't know if it is voice recordings or some other sort of information, such as generalized statistics.
There's more to the article here - it's an interesting thing to consider.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/cortana-is-watching,29791.html
FWIW I would be certain that Apple get speech data from Siri on the iOS platform.
This is probably the modern day version of the confessional with all the confessions going straight to God Gates. 
misi
Growing Little Guru
Cortana with all those permissions to spy on me was an insult to me, so I did not even check what it could do.
I don't feel Siri to be that invasive, but after a few trials with it I gave up on her.
"Siri, you are silly!"
"Me???"
Since then we are not communicating with each other.
I don't feel Siri to be that invasive, but after a few trials with it I gave up on her.
"Siri, you are silly!"
"Me???"
Since then we are not communicating with each other.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
misi
Growing Little Guru
You are not a true catholic!
I've never used a confessional and I'm not going to hell because of it!
Protestants are not confessing.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
Is that because they are busy protesting, instead
misi
Growing Little Guru
Megabyte
Well-Known Member
I'll be turning Cortana off then. I can look out of the window for the weather, look at my clock for the time and read a joke book ;-)
I confess I don't belong to any religion, does that mean I ain't goin nowhere.
misi
Growing Little Guru
Caught ya!
misi
Growing Little Guru
Megabyte
Well-Known Member
Something else occurred on Windows 10 here the other day.
When creating a new live.com account on Windows 10 it somehow replaces how you login to your pc - from using your local login details to using the email address you specified when setting up the live.com account!
Very n0rty
When creating a new live.com account on Windows 10 it somehow replaces how you login to your pc - from using your local login details to using the email address you specified when setting up the live.com account!
Very n0rty
and by-passable ;-)
misi
Growing Little Guru
Explain, please!