Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Automatic Spying Cannot Be Stopped

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by scaramonga, Nov 2, 2015.

  1. JFKI

    JFKI MDL Expert

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    That's great... As long as the "white fluffy" clouds abide by their terms of service. History has taught us that many don't, others claim to and make a valiant effort to, but eventually cave to the pressures. Yet others are corrupt from the get go.
    Hopefully dropbox is not one of those.

    And that just brought back a memory, and I just have to say that I truly miss Altavista. :eek:
     
  2. Krutonium

    Krutonium MDL Senior Member

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    It's actually been stated in several court cases that EULA's are not legally binding precisely because no one ever reads them...
     
  3. Tiyas

    Tiyas MDL Novice

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    +1 coromonadalix , the point is to get data and use it for development but thats not what people wants. Nobody wanna get naked in front of strangers.:biggrin:
     
  4. LBA1150

    LBA1150 MDL Novice

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    Edward Snowden said in an interview that Dropbox was hostile to privacy efforts.
     
  5. mrbbq

    mrbbq MDL Addicted

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    They have Condoleezza Rice as a board member. Not much further needs said at that point really.
     
  6. Hadron-Curious

    Hadron-Curious MDL Guru

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    What are you trying to insinuate with that? That Dropbox terms of service can easily be breached without users consent.
     
  7. Yen

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    The reason for it is that an EULA cannot and must not overrule/violate national laws. Also a contract made by two private instances cannot overrule/violate national laws.

    Thank god if something should come to court national laws are applied and not the EULA.
    I am pretty sure if enough people would go for a class action it could be successful in court. Current EULA is questionable concerning legality in some countries.
     
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  8. JFKI

    JFKI MDL Expert

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    <--- Decides not to assist in opening that can of worms which needs it's own forum to be done effectively.
     
  9. Hadron-Curious

    Hadron-Curious MDL Guru

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    Okay. That may derail the topic at hand.
     
  10. Bluescreen

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    The first one to look inside is dnsapi.dll .
    I found two different versions ans size into my w10 586
     
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  11. nodnar

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    Скоро сказка сказывается, да не скоро дело делается.Скоро сказка сказывается, да не скоро дело делается.
    syswow64 is not a fairytale that i care to believe in, chef..
    a useful answer is different for everyone.so speaking strictly for myself; i have looked around in my w7 install.
    found lots of stuff i did not like, even if i disabled all updates around june 1. like that syswow directory. so i drew
    a conclusion. m$ is not to be trusted. they can slip in garbage even in your mse... so i switched to linux. i found it
    stable, and safe. for my activities in the www it is more than adequate. so i decided to ditch m$ from my activities in the www.
    and i am not wailing yet.
     
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  12. Enthousiast

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    Now waiting for linux to become commercial ;):D
     
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  13. thorin0815

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    The best advertising for Linux is actually Windows 10. ;)

    I'm very happy with my Mint 17.2, never touched Windows since I installed it except for gaming.
     
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  14. scaramonga

    scaramonga MDL Senior Member

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    Yes, but that is where it ends :)
     
  15. nosense

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    AAHAHAH "never touched Windows since I installed it except for gaming." ahahhahah
     
  16. odiebugs1

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    I wonder if they see I play Halo for free. :empathy3: :laie:
     
  17. Skaendo

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    Ever heard of Canonical Ltd, or RedHat Inc?
     
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  18. Hadron-Curious

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    That is epic. Gaming with Windows will not compromise his security after all.