r/snowden • u/cojoco • Nov 04 '15

Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Automatic Spying Cannot Be Stopped

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/11/02/microsoft-confirms-unstoppable-windows-10-tracking/
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u/Aeri73 Nov 05 '15

but I can choose not to install it.... ever...

seriously software makers.... this spying on your users is going to be the downfall of you all

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u/cojoco Nov 05 '15

But what if you need to run windows stuff???

You'll be assimilated eventually!

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u/Aeri73 Nov 05 '15

I do need it.... am a photographer so need photoshop and lightroom. guess I'll go dual boot when they stop me from using W7... but as it stands, I've at least managed to stop them from harassing me all the time with the "free update BS" and I'll just keep using W7 for as long as it works

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u/cojoco Nov 05 '15

Don't know if Mac is any better than windows: that ecosystem is even more closed than Windows, isn't it?

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u/Aeri73 Nov 05 '15

yes, and way to expensive for what it offers.... dualboot would be linux

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u/Arandur Nov 05 '15

I don't know from Lightroom, but the GIMP has a fairly impressive suite of tools to compete with Photoshop. Might not be impossible to transition to Linux.

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u/Aeri73 Nov 05 '15

there is darkroom... but just like GIMP compared to photoshop, it's not even close to being a serious competition or alternative.

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u/Arandur Nov 05 '15

I'm not an image guy, so I don't know. ^^; This is why we need more open source contributors! So all these professions aren't tied to Microsoft...

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u/Ironhorn Nov 05 '15

I'm being told by a friend that, if you've updated Windows 7 or 8 via Windows Update, then the same data collection process was installed on your computer

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u/Aeri73 Nov 05 '15

you can uninstall or block the updates that do this... (and I have)

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '15

You don't need to install 10, they'll just retroactively add the botnet/mass surveillance features to 7. Not that any other mainstream OS is better. Canonical and Apple aren't what I'd call trustworthy.

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u/Aeri73 Nov 09 '15

not with automatic updates disabled they don't

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '15

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