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When this makes sense you've got it.

If you never watched Star Trek the New Generation, you likely will never get it.

.... but you can look up the terms and see if the internet can educate you on the Borg Collective and how they "reproduced".

Similarities between what MS is doing now and what the fictional Borg supposedly did in that fictional future are quite clear.

And, when you think about the people who are embedding early microelectronics inside their human flesh even as we speak, well then the Borg might become an even more relevant mental picture to you.  

You see, the Borg would implant you whether you wanted it or not ..... sorta like MS is doing now.    Without benefit of anesthesia, no less.

Now Old-Rider, I know you use Steam on your MS boxes.  

It is the same Steam on Linux and most of the games now work on Linux too, mainly because the big houses want to put their games on SteamBoxes which all run off of Linux.   Gabe has told them the rules, he will still sell MS only software, but he prefers your stuff to run on his Steamboxes too.

You haven't tried Linux in how many years now ??    What you report doesn't seem to apply to the current Linux Mint 17.2 anyway.

Conversely, I too am a MS Beta tester and I still get all the emails -- all good white suited clones are supposed to be trying to buffer the bad press by explaining things.

Quoting the same misinformation that MS uses to train Best Buy sales people to say to PC buyers isn't being very helpful, now is it?    

Every time I go into Best Buy I ask the ever present sales person where the Linux boxes are, just so I can hear the current spiel spoken out loud by a real live person.   Did you know that these people ARE paid to say that?   Are required by Best Buy to say that?  

Ask them to buy a Chromebox and they have a different spiel they are paid to say.  

Hey, you guys can ask them too, next time you are in Best Buy.   It's fun.   When they say their wifi isn't working with the Chromebooks and go into why Chromebooks really suck when caught off line ask them why the wifi seems to be working just fine across the isle in the phones area .....  I had one girl actually tell me that was phone wifi and that phone wifi isn't compatible with Chromebooks.    



   "Momma always told me.... "it ain't free"  there is always a catch...."    she must have dealt with MS before, huh?   But it is a saying because it is generally true, and it is.
     

Even the pro-Windows sites are beginning to address what they see as a burgeoning issue with Windows 10 and personal privacy.   They know that whatever MS automatically collects, the government can access and peruse at will.

http://www.windows10update.com/2015/06/is-windows-10-at-the-intersection-betw...

Is Windows 10 at the intersection between user privacy and personalization?


How did they find out I went to that Really Hung Ukranian Guys porn site at the all girls beach weekend last year?   And they are revoking my security clearance because of it?  OMG !!


"There’s an important discussion that citizens of the free world are having. It’s about the appropriate depths and limits of government surveillance over the average citizen.

What is the line between safety from terrorists and the invasion of my privacy? It’s a fair question and depending on what country you live in, the answer will be different.

I believe Windows 10 will also introduce a new question for all of us to ponder, namely:

Where do we draw the line between the personalization of an Operating System and your privacy as an individual?

Have you read Microsoft’s new, revised Privacy Statement?

99.9% of you will not read it because it’s long and boring and you have better things to do (or at least you think you do) but it really is worth reading.

I did because well, that’s what I do.

To account for all the new products and services being introduced into the marketplace, Microsoft made significant changes to their privacy policies and statements.

Here are some of the fun parts (emphasis mine).

CORTANA
Location services.

Cortana regularly collects and uses your current location and location history to give you the most relevant notices and results and to make suggestions that help save you time, such as traffic and location based reminders. Cortana can only work if location services are on, so if you turn them off, Cortana will be disabled.

?? Interesting that it says Cortana will only work with location services enabled. Why does Cortana need to know my location to open an app, tell me who won a basketball game etc?

Speech and Input Personalization.

To help Cortana better understand the way you speak and your voice commands, speech data is sent to Microsoft to build personalized speech models and improve speech recognition. On Windows devices, Cortana can only work if Input Personalization is on, so if you turn it off, Cortana will be disabled.

?? See my point above – why?

Interesting – the Windows 10 section is HUGE and has lots of nuggets in there too.

WINDOWS 10
First of all this is interesting – Microsoft actually defines Windows 10 for the first time here.

The official definition of Windows 10

Windows 10 (“Windows”) is a personalized computing environment that enables you to seamlessly roam and access services, preferences and content across your computing devices from phones to tablets to the Surface Hub.

Rather than residing as a static software program on your device, key components of Windows are cloud-based, and both cloud and local elements of Windows are updated regularly, providing you with the latest improvements and features.

Your Windows 10 license is tied to your device

When you activate Windows, a specific product key is associated with the device on which your software is installed. The product key and data about the software and your device is sent to Microsoft to confirm your valid license to the software. This datturning down my job applicationa may be sent again if there is a need to re-activate or validate your license.

On Startup Microsoft will check your phone every time.

On phones running Windows, device location at the time of the first power up of the device is also sent to Microsoft for the purpose of warranty registration, stock replenishment, and fraud prevention.

You’re now being assigned an Advertiser ID

Windows generates a unique advertising ID for each user on a device. Your advertising ID can be used by app developers and advertising networks to provide more relevant advertising. You can turn off access to this identifier at any time in the device Settings. If you choose to turn it on again, a new identifier will be generated.

Microsoft collects data about you and your friends

For example, to provide personalized speech recognition, we collect your voice input, as well your name and nickname, your recent calendar events and the names of the people in your appointments, and information about your contacts including names and nicknames. This additional data enables us to better recognize people and events when you dictate messages or documents.

Administrators can overrule your disabling location services

The Find My Device feature allows an administrator of a Windows PC or tablet to find the location of that device if the administrator has enabled the location service for the device, even if other users have disabled location for themselves. When the administrator attempts to locate the device, users will see a notification in the notification center.

Microsoft keeps records on your children’s activities for a period of time (unspecified) if Microsoft Family is enabled

Microsoft Family.

Parents can use Microsoft Family to understand and set boundaries on how their child is using their device. There are many features available to Family members, so please carefully review the information provided when you create or join a Family.

When Family activity reporting is turned on for a child, Microsoft will collect details about how the child uses their device and provide parents with reports of that child’s activities. Activity reports are routinely deleted from Microsoft servers after a short period of time.

SmartScreen keeps track of your downloads but for how long?

SmartScreen. SmartScreen helps protect you when using our services by checking downloaded files and web content for malicious software, potentially unsafe web content, and other threats to you or your device.

When checking a file, data about that file is sent to Microsoft, including the file name, a hash of the file’s contents, and the file’s digital certificates. If SmartScreen identifies the file as unknown or potentially unsafe, you will see a warning prior to opening the file.

When checking web content, data about the content is sent to Microsoft, including the full web address of the content. If SmartScreen detects that content is potentially unsafe, you will see a warning in place of the content. SmartScreen can be turned on or off in Settings.

Page Prediction sends your browsing history to Microsoft

Page Prediction sends your browsing history to Microsoft and uses aggregated browsing history data to predict which pages you are likely to browse to next and proactively loads those pages in the background for a faster browsing experience.

Microsoft collects data about you from maps even though maps may be turned off

The Maps app provides location-based services and uses Bing services to process your searches within the Maps app. Please see the Bing section of this privacy statement to learn more about these Bing-powered experiences.

When the Maps app has access to your location, even when the app is not in use, Microsoft may collect de-identified location data from your device to improve Microsoft’s services. You can disable the Maps app’s access to your location by turning off the location service or turning off the Maps app’s access to the location service.

And there’s much more."

Comon' man!  You mean to tell me Micro-soft didn't write into the original EULA that they can change the way it is used and written?
I mean, they have really good "hide it in the small print" lawyers.

I mean, I really don't mind that Cortana needs to know where I am, cause' if I say; "Cortana, where is the nearest restaurant", I want her to tell me the "nearest" one to me.
Does she need my camera on? nope, does she need my microphone on? nope.... but then, have you updated or downloaded an ap on your android phone?  
Don't just say ok..... look at what they want to be able to do to your phone.... its the same with aps for your PC or Tablet.

But about Microsoft spying on everything I do.... well.... I want it to keep track and learn what my mumbly voice sounds like, so it won't send me to some porn sight when I say where is the corn growing tallest this year?

And they are always going to track your location on your phone, tablet and PC, because if you say those magic words that terrorists use, they want to know where you are. I don't mind....hope they catch them....

That's why I said I was laughing.... not at you.... but at the system that is doing all this..... it helps me greatly by keeping track of me and learning about me..... but if someone thinks that by doing that, they are learning my inner secrets.... I have to laugh....

So far the only thing I have been seeing with microsoft's new net product "Edge", is that like I stated in the first part..... "it is fast! but might slow down when the cache starts growing", well it has slowed, but it is still comparable to 8.1, and that was fast enough for me.

I still use chrome browser on occasion, and it has stayed at a good cruising speed.
I shut down at night, and believe it or not... they don't power my system back on and spy on me or use my laptop to update someone on the net, it stays powered down.

Power in my neighborhood went down several times today, because some inverter somewhere was acting up.
My modem and router both booted back up everytime, and windows 10 notified me when my printer was back online each time.... 8.1 didn't do that.

I do get notifications almost everyday.... some are HP ads, some are Microsoft ads, and some are messages about updates.

All in all, i'm still liking the new windows 10.... guess i'm one of the lucky ones.

Even if I am a fan of Linux since ancient times, especially professionally speaking, I am also a gamer and you certainly can't say that videogames widely support Linux and vice versa...

So, I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 with a certain satisfaction.

In fact, I'll tell you more, although my PC is very old (Core 2 Duo E6600), it runs fast, much better than XP that gave me a lot of satisfaction in the past.

Just had another 29395 "updates" whatever on windows 7. Borg can do as he pleases.