That is what you got from that? You seem to be worried about your privacy, learn how to protect it do not blame the OS. Regards
It really depends if they try to force the cloud integration or leave it optional. In win8, it's optional. I'm guessing gov'ts didn't want any secret backdoors on their government systems or something. After learning about the NSA modifying routers and usb cables, I can't say I blame them. As long as you disable the skydrive stuff, there's really nothing personal being sent in win8. They have Mark Monitor name servers on their activation systems, but that logs everyone's IP, not just pirates. Honestly, I share your concerns about privacy. I wish they'd knock it off with all the online integration when they don't need to use it.
We give them a hard time because of the skype fiasco, but I cannot imagine another large company on Earth not being subject to their government's whims. I can guarantee you that Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and any other software company that deals with a certain amount of personal data is getting bombarded by secret court orders and meta data collection. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the NSA didn't catalog every bit of text in every email sent these days. What was that Snowden encrypted email they shut down? Lavabit, or something? The one company that won't comply would rather shut its doors than take on the entire U.S. gov't. It's really out of control these days. I swear, the country elects sh**-kickers and we get this behemoth data sponge. It boggles my mind.
Surely not. The winfuture guys are known not to break a rule they are 'ultra-correct' and never would violate NDA.
The picture leaks probably don't constitute a leak of the .iso. I'm sure the picture leaks have the blessing of MS.
I hope they will put the option to multiple select the live tile in the start when you need to move/unpin instead doing it one by one...