Tom's Hardware Community Tutorials: Upgrading To Windows 10

[buxxcador]

Before downgrading to Windows 10 read carefully the Microsoft Privacy Statement (google it), which is the new contract fro any Windows Service, including Windows 10.

It gives Microsoft the right to spy on you, including any personal data, the content of any file and document, your finances, any password you use, GPS location, fingerprints, keys of your encrypted drives, etc, and includes children.

It surveys you 24 hours trough a microphone, camera or any sensor.

It gives Microsoft any right to use it for profit, and share it with anybody.

It gives Microsoft the right to change any clause, so Microsoft gets unlimited contractual rights over you, your property and anything.

10/10, love the paranoia.
I keep my computer locked in a faraday cage behind 6 alloy doors, so I can be safe and private while I have my facebook. Plus, while it may happen in the states, private use of data of that kind is strictly forbidden by Canadian statutes.

Paranoia? Google and read the "Microsoft Privacy Statement". That's a CONTRACT, not only for Windows , but any Microsoft software, service or website.

I repeat to you: that's a written contract. Ask any lawyer how many clients foolishly tough that what was written on his contract was "not binding".
There is no letter in a contact without a purpose. Not a single letter.

I give you a small sample:


"Reasons We Share Personal Data
We share your personal data with your consent [...]"

Ask any lawyer. That does mean that you are giving your consent to Microspyware for your personal data to be "shared". It is a statement of fact: Microspyware shares your personal data, and you consent to it.

It does not says that you will be asked for your consent, it says that you consent to it.

It does not impose any limitation on the "sharing". Anything goes.

It also says:

"Personal Data We Collect"
[...]
"Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data."

"[...] the content of your documents, photos, music or video [...] the content of your communications sent or received [...]

subject line and body of an email,
text or other content of an instant message,
audio and video recording of a video message, and
audio recording and transcript of a voice message you receive or a text message you dictate"

"Contacts and relationships"

"Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information"

Note that it does not says that it collect the passwords you provide to Microsoft. It just says "passwords". ANY password.

"[...] (GPS) data, as well as data identifying nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots, [...] location derived from your IP address [...] a city or postal code level."

"[...]age, gender, country and preferred language[...]"

"Interests and favorites. [...] such as the teams you follow [...] the stocks you track [...] In addition to those you explicitly provide, [...] may also be inferred or derived from other data we collect. "

THE STOCKS YOU TRACK. That would be absolutely illegal without a contract.
ASIDE THE INFO YOU EXPLICITLY PROVIDE.

"Usage data. [...] such as the features you use, the items you purchase, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter. [...]"

"[...]This also includes data about your device, including IP address, device identifiers, regional and language settings, and data about the network, operating system, browser or other software you use [...]"







Worse, there is another clause that says that Microsoft will change any clause at will.



So, by using Windows 10, or any MS product or website, including Microsoft Account or Bing (which you are forced to use each time yo do a local search in W10), you are signing a BLANK CONTRACT IN FAVOR OF MICROSOFT.


You effectively give Microsoft unlimited rights. Microsoft can walk into your house and claim it. It can demand any of your properties, any payment, any personal debt, anything.

 

[ubercake]

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Paranoia? Google and read the "Microsoft Privacy Statement". That's a CONTRACT, not only for Windows , but any Microsoft software, service or website.

I repeat to you: that's a written contract. Ask any lawyer how many clients foolishly tough that what was written on his contract was "not binding".
There is no letter in a contact without a purpose. Not a single letter.

I give you a small sample:


"Reasons We Share Personal Data
We share your personal data with your consent [...]"

Ask any lawyer. That does mean that you are giving your consent to Microspyware for your personal data to be "shared". It is a statement of fact: Microspyware shares your personal data, and you consent to it.

It does not says that you will be asked for your consent, it says that you consent to it.

It does not impose any limitation on the "sharing". Anything goes.

It also says:

"Personal Data We Collect"
[...]
"Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data."

"[...] the content of your documents, photos, music or video [...] the content of your communications sent or received [...]

subject line and body of an email,
text or other content of an instant message,
audio and video recording of a video message, and
audio recording and transcript of a voice message you receive or a text message you dictate"

"Contacts and relationships"

"Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information"

Note that it does not says that it collect the passwords you provide to Microsoft. It just says "passwords". ANY password.

"[...] (GPS) data, as well as data identifying nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots, [...] location derived from your IP address [...] a city or postal code level."

"[...]age, gender, country and preferred language[...]"

"Interests and favorites. [...] such as the teams you follow [...] the stocks you track [...] In addition to those you explicitly provide, [...] may also be inferred or derived from other data we collect. "

THE STOCKS YOU TRACK. That would be absolutely illegal without a contract.
ASIDE THE INFO YOU EXPLICITLY PROVIDE.

"Usage data. [...] such as the features you use, the items you purchase, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter. [...]"

"[...]This also includes data about your device, including IP address, device identifiers, regional and language settings, and data about the network, operating system, browser or other software you use [...]"







Worse, there is another clause that says that Microsoft will change any clause at will.



So, by using Windows 10, or any MS product or website, including Microsoft Account or Bing (which you are forced to use each time yo do a local search in W10), you are signing a BLANK CONTRACT IN FAVOR OF MICROSOFT.


You effectively give Microsoft unlimited rights. Microsoft can walk into your house and claim it. It can demand any of your properties, any payment, any personal debt, anything.

We all need to read our Google and Chrome agreements as well. Talk about invasive?!

Also, have you ever checked your smartphone agreement? Any one is just as bad Apple, Android, Windows. Look at an iOS/OSx agreement and compare that to the Windows agreement.

 

[canadianvice]

Before downgrading to Windows 10 read carefully the Microsoft Privacy Statement (google it), which is the new contract fro any Windows Service, including Windows 10.

It gives Microsoft the right to spy on you, including any personal data, the content of any file and document, your finances, any password you use, GPS location, fingerprints, keys of your encrypted drives, etc, and includes children.

It surveys you 24 hours trough a microphone, camera or any sensor.

It gives Microsoft any right to use it for profit, and share it with anybody.

It gives Microsoft the right to change any clause, so Microsoft gets unlimited contractual rights over you, your property and anything.

10/10, love the paranoia.
I keep my computer locked in a faraday cage behind 6 alloy doors, so I can be safe and private while I have my facebook. Plus, while it may happen in the states, private use of data of that kind is strictly forbidden by Canadian statutes.

Paranoia? Google and read the "Microsoft Privacy Statement". That's a CONTRACT, not only for Windows , but any Microsoft software, service or website.

I repeat to you: that's a written contract. Ask any lawyer how many clients foolishly tough that what was written on his contract was "not binding".
There is no letter in a contact without a purpose. Not a single letter.

I give you a small sample:


"Reasons We Share Personal Data
We share your personal data with your consent [...]"

Ask any lawyer. That does mean that you are giving your consent to Microspyware for your personal data to be "shared". It is a statement of fact: Microspyware shares your personal data, and you consent to it.

It does not says that you will be asked for your consent, it says that you consent to it.

It does not impose any limitation on the "sharing". Anything goes.

It also says:

"Personal Data We Collect"
[...]
"Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data."

"[...] the content of your documents, photos, music or video [...] the content of your communications sent or received [...]

subject line and body of an email,
text or other content of an instant message,
audio and video recording of a video message, and
audio recording and transcript of a voice message you receive or a text message you dictate"

"Contacts and relationships"

"Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information"

Note that it does not says that it collect the passwords you provide to Microsoft. It just says "passwords". ANY password.

"[...] (GPS) data, as well as data identifying nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots, [...] location derived from your IP address [...] a city or postal code level."

"[...]age, gender, country and preferred language[...]"

"Interests and favorites. [...] such as the teams you follow [...] the stocks you track [...] In addition to those you explicitly provide, [...] may also be inferred or derived from other data we collect. "

THE STOCKS YOU TRACK. That would be absolutely illegal without a contract.
ASIDE THE INFO YOU EXPLICITLY PROVIDE.

"Usage data. [...] such as the features you use, the items you purchase, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter. [...]"

"[...]This also includes data about your device, including IP address, device identifiers, regional and language settings, and data about the network, operating system, browser or other software you use [...]"







Worse, there is another clause that says that Microsoft will change any clause at will.



So, by using Windows 10, or any MS product or website, including Microsoft Account or Bing (which you are forced to use each time yo do a local search in W10), you are signing a BLANK CONTRACT IN FAVOR OF MICROSOFT.


You effectively give Microsoft unlimited rights. Microsoft can walk into your house and claim it. It can demand any of your properties, any payment, any personal debt, anything.

In the states you have virtually non-existent regulatory laws. Canada's privacy regime is quite strict, and most of this is to try and cover Microsoft. If they ever actually tried a fundamental misstep, they'd have a nice one-on-one with the privacy commissioner, and let me tell you, they aren't nice.

Such material can be written, but it wouldn't stand the force of law, especially if a petition was launched.

Plus, I'm not sure if you've noticed, but this is the contract you sign for virtually every modern service. About the only way to avoid it is to go 100% FOSS, and that's still going to be hard.

 

[childofthekorn]

Before downgrading to Windows 10 read carefully the Microsoft Privacy Statement (google it), which is the new contract fro any Windows Service, including Windows 10.

It gives Microsoft the right to spy on you, including any personal data, the content of any file and document, your finances, any password you use, GPS location, fingerprints, keys of your encrypted drives, etc, and includes children.

It surveys you 24 hours trough a microphone, camera or any sensor.

It gives Microsoft any right to use it for profit, and share it with anybody.

It gives Microsoft the right to change any clause, so Microsoft gets unlimited contractual rights over you, your property and anything.

10/10, love the paranoia.
I keep my computer locked in a faraday cage behind 6 alloy doors, so I can be safe and private while I have my facebook. Plus, while it may happen in the states, private use of data of that kind is strictly forbidden by Canadian statutes.

Paranoia? Google and read the "Microsoft Privacy Statement". That's a CONTRACT, not only for Windows , but any Microsoft software, service or website.

I repeat to you: that's a written contract. Ask any lawyer how many clients foolishly tough that what was written on his contract was "not binding".
There is no letter in a contact without a purpose. Not a single letter.

I give you a small sample:


"Reasons We Share Personal Data
We share your personal data with your consent [...]"

Ask any lawyer. That does mean that you are giving your consent to Microspyware for your personal data to be "shared". It is a statement of fact: Microspyware shares your personal data, and you consent to it.

It does not says that you will be asked for your consent, it says that you consent to it.

It does not impose any limitation on the "sharing". Anything goes.

It also says:

"Personal Data We Collect"
[...]
"Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data."

"[...] the content of your documents, photos, music or video [...] the content of your communications sent or received [...]

subject line and body of an email,
text or other content of an instant message,
audio and video recording of a video message, and
audio recording and transcript of a voice message you receive or a text message you dictate"

"Contacts and relationships"

"Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information"

Note that it does not says that it collect the passwords you provide to Microsoft. It just says "passwords". ANY password.

"[...] (GPS) data, as well as data identifying nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots, [...] location derived from your IP address [...] a city or postal code level."

"[...]age, gender, country and preferred language[...]"

"Interests and favorites. [...] such as the teams you follow [...] the stocks you track [...] In addition to those you explicitly provide, [...] may also be inferred or derived from other data we collect. "

THE STOCKS YOU TRACK. That would be absolutely illegal without a contract.
ASIDE THE INFO YOU EXPLICITLY PROVIDE.

"Usage data. [...] such as the features you use, the items you purchase, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter. [...]"

"[...]This also includes data about your device, including IP address, device identifiers, regional and language settings, and data about the network, operating system, browser or other software you use [...]"







Worse, there is another clause that says that Microsoft will change any clause at will.



So, by using Windows 10, or any MS product or website, including Microsoft Account or Bing (which you are forced to use each time yo do a local search in W10), you are signing a BLANK CONTRACT IN FAVOR OF MICROSOFT.


You effectively give Microsoft unlimited rights. Microsoft can walk into your house and claim it. It can demand any of your properties, any payment, any personal debt, anything.

In the states you have virtually non-existent regulatory laws. Canada's privacy regime is quite strict, and most of this is to try and cover Microsoft. If they ever actually tried a fundamental misstep, they'd have a nice one-on-one with the privacy commissioner, and let me tell you, they aren't nice.

Such material can be written, but it wouldn't stand the force of law, especially if a petition was launched.

Plus, I'm not sure if you've noticed, but this is the contract you sign for virtually every modern service. About the only way to avoid it is to go 100% FOSS, and that's still going to be hard.

A canadian thats not nice? We aren't talking fiction here.

 

[canadianvice]

Before downgrading to Windows 10 read carefully the Microsoft Privacy Statement (google it), which is the new contract fro any Windows Service, including Windows 10.

It gives Microsoft the right to spy on you, including any personal data, the content of any file and document, your finances, any password you use, GPS location, fingerprints, keys of your encrypted drives, etc, and includes children.

It surveys you 24 hours trough a microphone, camera or any sensor.

It gives Microsoft any right to use it for profit, and share it with anybody.

It gives Microsoft the right to change any clause, so Microsoft gets unlimited contractual rights over you, your property and anything.

10/10, love the paranoia.
I keep my computer locked in a faraday cage behind 6 alloy doors, so I can be safe and private while I have my facebook. Plus, while it may happen in the states, private use of data of that kind is strictly forbidden by Canadian statutes.

Paranoia? Google and read the "Microsoft Privacy Statement". That's a CONTRACT, not only for Windows , but any Microsoft software, service or website.

I repeat to you: that's a written contract. Ask any lawyer how many clients foolishly tough that what was written on his contract was "not binding".
There is no letter in a contact without a purpose. Not a single letter.

I give you a small sample:


"Reasons We Share Personal Data
We share your personal data with your consent [...]"

Ask any lawyer. That does mean that you are giving your consent to Microspyware for your personal data to be "shared". It is a statement of fact: Microspyware shares your personal data, and you consent to it.

It does not says that you will be asked for your consent, it says that you consent to it.

It does not impose any limitation on the "sharing". Anything goes.

It also says:

"Personal Data We Collect"
[...]
"Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data."

"[...] the content of your documents, photos, music or video [...] the content of your communications sent or received [...]

subject line and body of an email,
text or other content of an instant message,
audio and video recording of a video message, and
audio recording and transcript of a voice message you receive or a text message you dictate"

"Contacts and relationships"

"Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information"

Note that it does not says that it collect the passwords you provide to Microsoft. It just says "passwords". ANY password.

"[...] (GPS) data, as well as data identifying nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots, [...] location derived from your IP address [...] a city or postal code level."

"[...]age, gender, country and preferred language[...]"

"Interests and favorites. [...] such as the teams you follow [...] the stocks you track [...] In addition to those you explicitly provide, [...] may also be inferred or derived from other data we collect. "

THE STOCKS YOU TRACK. That would be absolutely illegal without a contract.
ASIDE THE INFO YOU EXPLICITLY PROVIDE.

"Usage data. [...] such as the features you use, the items you purchase, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter. [...]"

"[...]This also includes data about your device, including IP address, device identifiers, regional and language settings, and data about the network, operating system, browser or other software you use [...]"







Worse, there is another clause that says that Microsoft will change any clause at will.



So, by using Windows 10, or any MS product or website, including Microsoft Account or Bing (which you are forced to use each time yo do a local search in W10), you are signing a BLANK CONTRACT IN FAVOR OF MICROSOFT.


You effectively give Microsoft unlimited rights. Microsoft can walk into your house and claim it. It can demand any of your properties, any payment, any personal debt, anything.

In the states you have virtually non-existent regulatory laws. Canada's privacy regime is quite strict, and most of this is to try and cover Microsoft. If they ever actually tried a fundamental misstep, they'd have a nice one-on-one with the privacy commissioner, and let me tell you, they aren't nice.

Such material can be written, but it wouldn't stand the force of law, especially if a petition was launched.

Plus, I'm not sure if you've noticed, but this is the contract you sign for virtually every modern service. About the only way to avoid it is to go 100% FOSS, and that's still going to be hard.

A canadian thats not nice? We aren't talking fiction here.

Government isolates them. Corrupts them.
They breed out the kindness and replace it with contempt.

But seriously, the Privacy Commissioner is basically a professional passive-aggressive asshole. I know. The place I work for had a bit of a hiccup with reselling a unwiped usb stick one time, and my GM got a free meeting with them. Not fun.

 

[childofthekorn]

Before downgrading to Windows 10 read carefully the Microsoft Privacy Statement (google it), which is the new contract fro any Windows Service, including Windows 10.

It gives Microsoft the right to spy on you, including any personal data, the content of any file and document, your finances, any password you use, GPS location, fingerprints, keys of your encrypted drives, etc, and includes children.

It surveys you 24 hours trough a microphone, camera or any sensor.

It gives Microsoft any right to use it for profit, and share it with anybody.

It gives Microsoft the right to change any clause, so Microsoft gets unlimited contractual rights over you, your property and anything.

10/10, love the paranoia.
I keep my computer locked in a faraday cage behind 6 alloy doors, so I can be safe and private while I have my facebook. Plus, while it may happen in the states, private use of data of that kind is strictly forbidden by Canadian statutes.

Paranoia? Google and read the "Microsoft Privacy Statement". That's a CONTRACT, not only for Windows , but any Microsoft software, service or website.

I repeat to you: that's a written contract. Ask any lawyer how many clients foolishly tough that what was written on his contract was "not binding".
There is no letter in a contact without a purpose. Not a single letter.

I give you a small sample:


"Reasons We Share Personal Data
We share your personal data with your consent [...]"

Ask any lawyer. That does mean that you are giving your consent to Microspyware for your personal data to be "shared". It is a statement of fact: Microspyware shares your personal data, and you consent to it.

It does not says that you will be asked for your consent, it says that you consent to it.

It does not impose any limitation on the "sharing". Anything goes.

It also says:

"Personal Data We Collect"
[...]
"Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data."

"[...] the content of your documents, photos, music or video [...] the content of your communications sent or received [...]

subject line and body of an email,
text or other content of an instant message,
audio and video recording of a video message, and
audio recording and transcript of a voice message you receive or a text message you dictate"

"Contacts and relationships"

"Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information"

Note that it does not says that it collect the passwords you provide to Microsoft. It just says "passwords". ANY password.

"[...] (GPS) data, as well as data identifying nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots, [...] location derived from your IP address [...] a city or postal code level."

"[...]age, gender, country and preferred language[...]"

"Interests and favorites. [...] such as the teams you follow [...] the stocks you track [...] In addition to those you explicitly provide, [...] may also be inferred or derived from other data we collect. "

THE STOCKS YOU TRACK. That would be absolutely illegal without a contract.
ASIDE THE INFO YOU EXPLICITLY PROVIDE.

"Usage data. [...] such as the features you use, the items you purchase, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter. [...]"

"[...]This also includes data about your device, including IP address, device identifiers, regional and language settings, and data about the network, operating system, browser or other software you use [...]"







Worse, there is another clause that says that Microsoft will change any clause at will.



So, by using Windows 10, or any MS product or website, including Microsoft Account or Bing (which you are forced to use each time yo do a local search in W10), you are signing a BLANK CONTRACT IN FAVOR OF MICROSOFT.


You effectively give Microsoft unlimited rights. Microsoft can walk into your house and claim it. It can demand any of your properties, any payment, any personal debt, anything.

In the states you have virtually non-existent regulatory laws. Canada's privacy regime is quite strict, and most of this is to try and cover Microsoft. If they ever actually tried a fundamental misstep, they'd have a nice one-on-one with the privacy commissioner, and let me tell you, they aren't nice.

Such material can be written, but it wouldn't stand the force of law, especially if a petition was launched.

Plus, I'm not sure if you've noticed, but this is the contract you sign for virtually every modern service. About the only way to avoid it is to go 100% FOSS, and that's still going to be hard.

A canadian thats not nice? We aren't talking fiction here.

Government isolates them. Corrupts them.
They breed out the kindness and replace it with contempt.

But seriously, the Privacy Commissioner is basically a professional passive-aggressive asshole. I know. The place I work for had a bit of a hiccup with reselling a unwiped usb stick one time, and my GM got a free meeting with them. Not fun.

All jokes aside, its good to see they're not fooling around. Things happen but of course someones gotta take the whoopin