Microsoft needs to fit Windows 10 with a data collection 'off switch'

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  1. Borg 386
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    Iforgot said:
    Lets wait and see what Enterprise version does...
    They have a choice in the matter....at least for now....

    Windows 10 Enterprise users can disable all data -- including telemetry data -- from being sent back to Microsoft. But the average Joe Customer doesn't get a say in the matter.
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  3. Layback Bear
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    Borg 386 I think you are correct.
    As far as I know Enterprise still have the choice of using telemetry or not to use.

    I just think that all users of W-10 should have the same choice.
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  4. jonnyhillow
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    GEWB said:
    I made my own switch - to Linux Mint for all online use and a lot of offline use, too.

    Regards,
    GEWB

    Linux is what a lot of people i know are switching to or are already using.
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  5. groze
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    Diosoth said:
    I'll wager that Microsoft is waiting for TPP to go into effect to push anything, because once it does they can do what they please and if you try to circumvent it you'd be committing a crime bypassing forced updates, data collection, etc.
    I am assuming TPP refers to a law or regulation.

    How would you be committing a crime? What if it conflicts with another law like H.I.P.P.A.?


    Does Windows 10 Violate HIPPA

    Even if a law is passed, I see enforcement as a problem because of programs that block windows 10 updates or prevent windows 10 being installed. At least it wouldn't apply to Linux systems and if it did, the free software foundation would have lawyers challenging it.


    On a side note, please correct me if I am wrong. The EULA is a contract. So if you don't follow the contract your-in-breach-of-contract unless the contract violates state or federal laws/regulations.
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  7. derekimo
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    groze said:
    I am assuming TPP refers to a law or regulation.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
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  8. groze
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    derekimo said:
    groze said:
    I am assuming TPP refers to a law or regulation.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
    Wow

    Thank you for that information. I hardly ever watch the national news. I wasn't even aware of this. I may of heard it without realizing what is was. I read more about the TPP, some I think is just hype. Some of it actually looks good but there are some bad parts as well. That is just my opinion. Will have to see if the EFF, FSF & ACLU challenge the constitutionality of this agreement.
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  9. lehnerus2000
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    Top Secret


    groze said:
    derekimo said:
    groze said:
    I am assuming TPP refers to a law or regulation.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
    Wow

    Thank you for that information. I hardly ever watch the national news. I wasn't even aware of this. I may of heard it without realizing what is was. I read more about the TPP, some I think is just hype. Some of it actually looks good but there are some bad parts as well. That is just my opinion. Will have to see if the EFF, FSF & ACLU challenge the constitutionality of this agreement.
    You wouldn't have heard anything on the MSM (despite the negotiations taking many years) as the negotiations were basically "Top Secret".

    Given that it is designed to entrench "Corporate Power" there was a vested interest in trying to suppress any reporting about it.
    There were some reports about it on Freedom/Privacy forums (like EFF).
    https://www.eff.org/search/site/tpp

    Our MSM only mentioned it in passing a couple of weeks before it was signed.
    The text has only just been released to the public and various groups are already complaining about how our sovereignty has been given away without our permission (i.e. no referendum).

    You have to wonder what "incentives" were offered to the politicians (from the Left and Right) involved in these negotiations.
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  11. Iforgot
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    Borg 386 said:
    Iforgot said:
    Lets wait and see what Enterprise version does...
    They have a choice in the matter....at least for now....

    Windows 10 Enterprise users can disable all data -- including telemetry data -- from being sent back to Microsoft. But the average Joe Customer doesn't get a say in the matter.
    Just looked further into it..

    Ok A package image used for network deployment.......

    Has anyone thought of "slipsteaming" a version of win10?

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