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phitsc:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-privacy-settings/

I am not pleased at all. I am still surprised how people just accept the direction this is taking. But then again, I've been postponing replacing Android with Cyanogen on my phone to get rid of most Google stuff for ages. At least I finally switched to using duckduckgo.com a few months ago, although I do not particularly like it.

anandcoral:
Well my take is simple. I use computers for living.

I do not like MS neither Google. I like my clients. If they use MS or G. and pay me to make something for it, I do it. I use computers for living.

I like Linux. I like my clients. If they do not use Linux and neither pay me, I do not use it. I use computers for living.

I like privacy. I like quick information for my work. If MS or G. knows what I do, I let them know. I use computers for living.

TaoPhoenix:
Well, Anand's barebones comments do get in there, but it doesn't mean we can't also apply social pressure on the side to reduce some of it.

I just found Slashdot's version of this. Sadly, the thread itself descended quickly into uselessness. (Hey! Another reason DC rules! Except for a little side joking, we tend to stay on topic and *we* make the topics, and split them off if they get all derailed.)

So instead I'll post the article links Slashdot used, and y'all can see if they shed any other light on Win10 privacy. They at least seem to bring up a few items I haven't seen here yet.

Windows 10: Microsoft under attack over privacy
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/31/windows-10-microsoft-faces-criticism-over-privacy-default-settings

The real price of Windows 10 is your privacy
http://betanews.com/2015/07/31/the-real-price-of-windows-10-is-your-privacy/

wraith808:
Each of these settings is a 'give and take' scenario. Each setting gives you something and takes away something depending on if it is turned on or off. There are no right or wrong ways to set them. It's up to each user to decide for themselves if what they gain is worth what they lose if they have a given setting turned on...or turned off.
-Innuendo (August 02, 2015, 12:42 PM)
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I'll quote this again for truth.  Nothing comes free.  There are some pretty nifty features in windows 10- but to make them nifty, they have to have information.  You can cut that off pretty easily, and make your choices not to have the nifty.

It's much ado over nothing.

Edvard:
One thing I'm still unclear on is whether or not WiFi Sense will recursively share your WiFi AP info with your friends and their friends and their friends, etc.
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-Deozaan (August 03, 2015, 01:23 AM)
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Just found this:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-windows-10s-wi-fi-sense-feature-is-not-a-security-risk/
Windows 10's Wi-Fi Sense is not a security risk. Here's why

Yesterday, tech sites went full Chicken Little over a Windows 10 feature that allows you to share your wireless connection without having to give away your Wi-Fi password. If only those alarmists had actually used the feature first...
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YMMV

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