Windows 10 and your privacy: Free but with a high cost.

Below are several articles about what you agree to when upgrading to Windows 10.  Most of the settings can be turned off but are not always easy to find and how can you turn them off when you don't know about them.  Microsoft's privacy and security policies add up to 45 pages.  I'm sure everyone has read them.  This version collects more of your private information and exerts more control over your devices than ever before.  Educate yourself and think twice before committing.
 
Windows 10: Here Are The Privacy Issues You Should Know About

 
Windows 10: A Potential Privacy Mess, and Worse

 
The Real Price of Windows 10 is your Privacy

 
Windows 10's New Feature Steals Your Internet Bandwidth

 
What is the "Get Windows 10" Tray Item and How Do You Remove It?

 
 
 

Although I haven't read those articles (yet), this is somewhat of a concern for me (Win 10 Privacy issues).......what are everyone's thoughts on this? What can Microsoft realistically do with this info?

Thanks Baps....will look for that during the upgrade. Noel also gave it a thumbs up (Win 10) and didn't seem to worry too much about the security/privacy issues.

nedramage
Sorry, I didn't think about the URLs being blocked.  I don't post often.  Those are the exact titles of the articles, just search for them.

Why were the URL's blocked?
 

This is why I only have about 5 apps on my phone and none of them share that much data.
 

SF_Green

nedramage
Sorry, I didn't think about the URLs being blocked.  I don't post often.  Those are the exact titles of the articles, just search for them.

Why were the URL's blocked?
 

Hi Bud-
 
You have to have X number of posts before you can post links to URLs.
 
-Susan

Well - I have three concerns with Windows 10...
 
First: Some hardware will simply not function with the new Windows 10 model drivers.
I am one of the "victims", because my Focusrite Saffire (white standing model) and Firewire card combination that works perfectly under Windows 7, just plainly refuses to work under Windows 10. As an new audio interface with the same number of I/O is outside my budget at this time, I will stick with Windows 7. 
 
Second: automatic updates that cannot be blocked by the user.
Already some people with Nvidia cards have had lots of problems with this one. I can imagine that some driver updates can cause havoc, because you have older hardware and newer drivers just do not work (as is my case).
 
Third: Privacy concerns.
Even when you disable all possible data send to Microsoft and create an local account only, there is still lots of data that will be send to Microsoft, if you like it or not.
 
Read this article: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/?comments=1
 
One of the comments on this article about the ULA makes me especially suspicious. I citate:
 
"Content. We collect content of your files and communications when necessary to provide you with the services you use. This includes: the content of your documents, photos, music or video you upload to a Microsoft service such as OneDrive. It also includes the content of your communications sent or received using Microsoft services, such as the:
- 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."
 
I wonder how much insight Microsoft has in the creations and documents from my clients stored on an Windows 10 computer. This kind of things makes me feel unsafe to say the least.

JClosed
Well - I have three concerns with Windows 10...
 
First: Some hardware will simply not function with the new Windows 10 model drivers.
I am one of the "victims", because my Focusrite Saffire (white standing model) and Firewire card combination that works perfectly under Windows 7, just plainly refuses to work under Windows 10. As an new audio interface with the same number of I/O is outside my budget at this time, I will stick with Windows 7. 
 
Second: automatic updates that cannot be blocked by the user.
Already some people with Nvidia cards have had lots of problems with this one. I can imagine that some driver updates can cause havoc, because you have older hardware and newer drivers just do not work (as is my case).

I probably have the same issue as you, saffire with VIA FireWire chipset. I don't feed a 'victim' because I make sure the drivers will work before I upgrade to an OS for good. At the very least I can roll back or restore from backup.

The nvidia card issues happened during the beta period. If you are using betas this is fair game.

From what I can see you can disable all the features that will take away your privacy apart from the NSA.

If people want to use cloud based storage and trust somebody else with their docs, it's up to them but I certainly do not.