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From: Doctor John
Subject: Spies? Us? No way.
Date: 17 Oct 2014 08:29:42
Message: <54410bb6@news.povray.org>
... we only have your best interests at heart.

From
http://www.themukt.com/2014/10/10/windows-10-preview-spies-users-practice-long-haul/

> Microsoft’s new ‘Preview Privacy Statement’
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-privacy-statement
> suggests that they plan on collecting far more data of its users habits
> than Canonical ever did. Under the ‘Data We Collect’ heading, Microsoft
> confirm that they collect: 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. They commit
> these acts when you use things like the voice input features where they
> say they will collect your voice information and ‘use it for purposes
> such as improving speech processing’.

If there was ever a need for a reason not to go for W10 when it finally
appears, this would appear to be it.

John
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children


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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: Spies? Us? No way.
Date: 20 Oct 2014 13:31:38
Message: <544546fa$1@news.povray.org>
Le 2014-10-17 08:29, Doctor John a écrit :
> ... we only have your best interests at heart.
>
> From
> http://www.themukt.com/2014/10/10/windows-10-preview-spies-users-practice-long-haul/
>
>> Microsoft’s new ‘Preview Privacy Statement’
>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-privacy-statement
>> suggests that they plan on collecting far more data of its users habits
>> than Canonical ever did. Under the ‘Data We Collect’ heading, Microsoft
>> confirm that they collect: 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. They commit
>> these acts when you use things like the voice input features where they
>> say they will collect your voice information and ‘use it for purposes
>> such as improving speech processing’.
>
> If there was ever a need for a reason not to go for W10 when it finally
> appears, this would appear to be it.
>
> John
>

How times have changed...

I remember people getting their panties in a bunch over Windows 95's 
sending the HW specs and content of autoexec.bat to Microsoft for 
troubleshooting purposes.  In fact, I think MS backed down due to the 
outrage at the time.

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/*        @        */{P(0,a)P(a,b)P(b,c)P(2*a,2*b)P(2*b,b+c)P(b+c,<2,3>)
/*   gmail.com     */}camera{orthographic location<6,1.25,-6>look_at a }


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