Re: New maintainer

[David Kastrup]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 01:20:16 +0200
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> 
>> >> Look, Windows 10 contains keyloggers that record any key combinations
>> >> of you and send them to Redmond to "make your computing experience
>> >> more enjoyable".
>> >
>> > You might have missed it, but Windows 10 *actually asks you* if you
>> > want to enable this feature during the first set-up steps, so it's
>> > basically opt-in. People who propagate the right to choose should
>> > appreciate this IMO.
>> 
>> You might have missed it, but Windows 10 goes ahead nevertheless.  So
>> far testers have not been able to find any settings that would not send
>> a continuous string of data related to keypresses to Microsoft servers.
>
> Google did, among its first few hits:
>
>   
> http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/603524/Windows-10-Microsoft-Key-Logger-Record-Privacy
>   
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/windows-10-doesnt-offer-much-privacy-by-default-heres-how-to-fix-it/

Ah, but turning those settings off does not really suffice.

<URL:http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/>

-- 
David Kastrup