I Want to Keep Windows 7 Forever

[msalton1]

We are the product. We're being sold to advertisers and the government. Ah, I see Lance got it too. Mozilla, whose products are open-source, and which used to exist for the benefit of its users, is doing the same

The reality is that our data is being collected from multiple sources. Use a grocery store "discount (heh!) card"? Buy stuff with a credit card? Do you walk the streets, drive, do business with anyone anywhere? Have a cell phone, use a computer?


It's all collected, and eventually (if not already), all of these personal profiles will be compiled to give a pretty complete picture of what we do, where we go, what we buy, preferences in all matters, what we drive, how we drive, what we believe, what we...


Well, it just goes on. It may sound paranoid to some, but who here believes that the government can resist using that data? We already seem to be moving toward a totalitarian society, and the personal data is the foundation upon which they build.


Yes, dramatic and rant-like. That doesn't make it untrue. What it is is the future. Those with foresight will do what they can to limit how much of their data is being collected.


Sorry to veer into that. Back to our regular programming.

 

[RoWin7]

When you have time to read these:
"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html"
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/21/opinion/pasadena-smartphone-spying.html"

OK, back to our regularly-scheduled program
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[Barman58]

https://www.sevenforums.com/misc.php?do=showrules

this conversation is borderline breach of rule 8

There are forums on the net for political diatribe, this is not one of them

 

[msalton1]

https://www.sevenforums.com/misc.php?do=showrules

this conversation is borderline breach of rule 8

There are forums on the net for political diatribe, this is not one of them

Understood. Apologies.

 

[Lance1]

The reality is that our data is being collected from multiple sources. Use a grocery store "discount (heh!) card"? Buy stuff with a credit card? Do you walk the streets, drive, do business with anyone anywhere? Have a cell phone, use a computer?


It's all collected, and eventually (if not already), all of these personal profiles will be compiled to give a pretty complete picture of what we do, where we go, what we buy, preferences in all matters, what we drive, how we drive, what we believe, what we...


Well, it just goes on. It may sound paranoid to some, but who here believes that the government can resist using that data? We already seem to be moving toward a totalitarian society, and the personal data is the foundation upon which they build.


Yes, dramatic and rant-like. That doesn't make it untrue. What it is is the future. Those with foresight will do what they can to limit how much of their data is being collected.


Sorry to veer into that. Back to our regular programming.

Only a fool would say that this is paranoia. It's fact! And unlike most unknowing users I am doing something about it. There are two programs I chose to work with. W10Privacy And WPD If your serious about M$ poking around your system and taking what they want you to can do something about it.

 

[Lance1]

https://www.sevenforums.com/misc.php?do=showrules

this conversation is borderline breach of rule 8

There are forums on the net for political diatribe, this is not one of them

8) No discussions of religion, politics, or firearms.

So your suggesting that this is a political discussion. In a round about way.

 

[ThrashZone]

My goal is to be completely divorced from MS, period. It may take a while (especially with my delightful learning disabilities) but, with any kind of luck, it will be well before the end of 2020. As it is now, I should be rarely using my Win 7 machines on the internet, if at all, by the end of January. The transition feels like like I forgot everything I ever knew about computers and have start from square one (whih is pretty much what I have to do) but I'm slowly getting there due to helpful people on the "interwebz".

Hi,
Why you scared of the eol bugger man

 

[RoWin7]

It's boogyman. And we know he hides in the closets of small children who are afraid of the dark.

But, srsly, everyone has their own solution.

 

[RoWin7]

Understood. Apologies.

I didn't see it as political, but OK.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Not for us old farts it's bugger man

 

[RoWin7]

Hi,
Not for us old farts it's bugger man

I'm 73.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
You should know this already then

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Hi,
Not for us old farts it's bugger man

Funny, I always heard called the boogyman (and i'm in my seventies). Buggerman isn't exactly nice.

 

[dg1261]

Funny, I always heard called the boogyman

Me too.

Wikipedia: boogyman

Couldn't find buggerman except in Urban Dictionary, and it's got a rather different definition.

 

[RoWin7]

Thrash Zone--let everyone find their own solutions. Not everyone has the confidence to use the OS after EOU (End of Updates.)

 

[aquasoul]

You have to realise that the majority of the bloat that comes with Windows 10 is only with the home version, the pro version is much cleaner the only games I recall being installed on my systems is the solitaire collection, and most of the telemetry options are exactly that - options, easily stopped.

Windows home is specifically designed for use by non computer literate users, so is in essence is designed as a large phone or tablet device, where all the maintenance is automatic based on feedback to the developer from the system

But these basic packages, starter or home, are effectively the version that come from OEM's, it is the version that consumers get when they buy a laptop or prebuilt PC [I highly advise against that, instead to build your own pc]. To get the pro versions the consumer needs to fork out more money. ugh a practice that isn't exactly consumer friendly... My Vista ultimate disc and product key had msrp of over one hundred us dollars [I got it second hand in the original packaging for much cheaper]

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

It's boogyman. And we know he hides in the closets of small children who are afraid of the dark...

Don't forget under the bed.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...Couldn't find buggerman except in Urban Dictionary, and it's got a rather different definition.

That's the polite way to put it.

 

[ThrashZone]

Funny, I always heard called the boogyman (and i'm in my seventies). Buggerman isn't exactly nice.

Hi,
No John Wayne fans around



Well I was just trying to establish if you thought at the end of January 2020 there will be some sort of win-7 security vortex established

So all win-7 users after said date they will be sucked in it if connected to the internet ?


I went most of 2018 and 2019 without updating matter of fact I only updated in December of each year.
Nothing bad happened between Jan-November on either year on everyday usage on 3 win-7 machines.


It's a celebration not a disaster eol is finally here

 

[maxseven]

Regarding the question of privacy, I use/subscribe to Abine's two services Blur and DeleteMe, ever since seeing the CBS 60 Minutes segment on data sharing many years ago. Blur installs to browsers and filters-out all/most trackers and DeleteMe goes after those People Search sites that compile data on us. This latter is sorta pricey but I am glad to have THEM do the onerous work of finding and expunging my data--it is amazing to me how many personal data collection/sharing sites exist today.