So I remember there being a bit of a privacy snafu early on with the Windows 10 preview builds, do you know if this has been remedied since?
I've also been considering installing Windows 10 ahead of the release date, considering we're so late into the release process, but that piece of old news still kind of bothers me.
Examples of data we may collect include your name, email address, preferences and interests; location, browsing, search and file history; phone call and SMS data; device configuration and sensor data; voice, text and writing input; and application usage.
Most concerning is of course:
text and writing input
which could be interpreted as a keylogger, which I believe is what the article is referring to.
By signing up for the Insider program you basically let more or less all the I/O data on your PC slide. RTM and Retail will not require you to wave giving up similar detail is my understanding of it.
My understanding has been similar, which has lead to my aversion in participating in the program. I suppose I'll try to secure my copy as a Insider at release then, hopefully that copy won't contain such provisions. :)
It is darn tempting though, Windows 10 is looking so promising!
This reminds me, now that I've someone with experience to ask, was it easy to install the OS without having to log in with a Microsoft account? Would personally much prefer to simply have a local account on my machines at this time. :)
So I remember there being a bit of a privacy snafu early on with the Windows 10 preview builds, do you know if this has been remedied since?
I've also been considering installing Windows 10 ahead of the release date, considering we're so late into the release process, but that piece of old news still kind of bothers me.
The current Preview Privacy Statement still has a quite broad list of collected data:
Most concerning is of course:
which could be interpreted as a keylogger, which I believe is what the article is referring to.
By signing up for the Insider program you basically let more or less all the I/O data on your PC slide. RTM and Retail will not require you to wave giving up similar detail is my understanding of it.
My understanding has been similar, which has lead to my aversion in participating in the program. I suppose I'll try to secure my copy as a Insider at release then, hopefully that copy won't contain such provisions. :)
It is darn tempting though, Windows 10 is looking so promising!
It really is amazing. I lead a pretty simple life and don't have much to hide or protect in the way of assets so I just went with it. :P
This reminds me, now that I've someone with experience to ask, was it easy to install the OS without having to log in with a Microsoft account? Would personally much prefer to simply have a local account on my machines at this time. :)