{"id":10651,"date":"2015-08-02T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=10651"},"modified":"2015-08-02T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T17:08:31","slug":"the-surveillance-state-goes-mainstream-windows-10-is-watching-logging-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=10651","title":{"rendered":"The Surveillance State Goes Mainstream: Windows 10 Is Watching (& Logging) Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Surveillance State Goes Mainstream: Windows 10 Is Watching (& Logging) Everything<\/a><\/h3>\n

If Edward Snowden’s patriotic exposure of all things ‘super secret surveillance state’ in America were not enough,\u00a0Newsweek reports\u00a0<\/a>that, as 10s of millions of hungry PC users download the free upgrade,\u00a0Windows 10 is watching – and logging and sharing – everything users do… and we mean everything<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/span>Thomas Fuchs<\/span>\u00a0@thomasfuchs<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Windows 10 should be renamed to Spyware OS https:\/\/<\/span>jonathan.porta.codes\/2015\/07\/30\/windows-10-seems-to-have-some-scary-privacy-defaults\/\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As NewsWeek reports,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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More than 14 million devices are already running Microsoft\u2019s Windows 10<\/strong>\u00a0after its global launch on Wednesday, but it\u2019s unclear how many of their users read the company\u2019s Privacy Policy and Service Agreement before downloading. Tucked away in the 45 pages\u2019 worth of terms and conditions (effective August 1) is a substantial power grab:\u00a0The company is collecting data on much of what you do while using its new software.<\/strong><\/div>\n

From the moment an account is created, Microsoft begins watching. The company saves customers\u2019 basic information – name, contact details, passwords, demographic data and credit card specifics\u00a0– but it also digs a bit deeper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other information Microsoft saves includes Bing search queries and conversations with the new digital personal assistant Cortana; contents of private communications such as email; websites and apps visited (including features accessed and length of time used); and contents of private folders.\u00a0Furthermore, \u201cyour typed and handwritten words are collected,\u201d the Privacy Statement says, which many online observers liken to a keylogger.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n

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