There's a post in the pinned section detailing Windows 10 privacy policy. Which includes a keylogger, and collection of browing history, but then the post says it's for the 'Technical Preivew' . I remember when the final build came out all of this came up again in the press but I didn't keep track of the details at the time 'cause I'm on Win7.
But now I'm thinking about upgrading to a Windows 10 PC and am wondering is this still the Windows 10 privacy policy? Are you able to easilly diasable data collection or this basically a Zero privacy OS? 'Cause if so I might go for a new PC with no OS and install Windows 7 on it.
A quote from the Windows Privacy post:
Sounds fair. But thats not all:
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Examples of data we collect include your name, email address, preferences and interests; browsing, search and file history; phone call and SMS data; device configuration and sensor data; and application usage.
Thats getting a lot more personal now. Microsoft then go on to explicitly state the sort of things they will collect:
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- information about your device and applications and use it for purposes such as determining or improving compatibility
- use voice input features like speech-to-text, we may collect voice information and use it for purposes such as improving speech processing
- open a file, we may collect information about the file, the application used to open the file, and how long it takes and use it for purposes such as improving performance
- enter text, we may collect typed characters and use them for purposes such as improving autocomplete and spellcheck features.
Thanks for any feedback.