DJMIKE25
Posts: 183 +72
Because it has spyware and a keylogger enabled by default for one. Anyone who says otherwise can never refute this when you ask them about the T&C that Win10 captures arbitrary typed data. They never refute that arbitrary includes potentially password fields or you writing sensitive information on your computer or commercially sensitive information in word documents etc. There is no reason for this to be on by default.
Here is a direct quote from the T&C:
They should never use arbitrary typed text for autocomplete. This is horrendous security practice. There should be a lawsuit for this.
Windows made it's mark by being a productivity tool and one we can trust. It is not supposed to be the same as Android or iOS. Microsoft are trying to make it a hybrid. Myself like many other Windows users want to use it for business productivity and for it to be secure by default. Not some modern social networking experiment with voice recording, analytics about my actions recorded by default. And my data being partially captured and analysed by Microsoft analytics.
I'm not disputing this fact, and while I know about the "spyware" and keylogger, all of those "features" as they would probably call it, can be turned off. Do I agree with them being on by default, no, I absolutely do not. Is it easy for a user know this right out of the box with little or no tech knowledge? Probably not. Do I still enjoy many of the new products that follow the same path? I do. Performance wise, it is an extremely smooth experience and we have had great success incorporating it in business environments thus far. With group policy and Imaging to large environments turning those settings off becomes much easier.