Microsoft relabels its Windows 10 diagnostic data collection settings to boost transparency

[Yynxs]

Gotta love the "you can't film me in public" crowd!

I'm not in public. I'm in my own home. I've purchased what I'm using with non-government money. I'm paying for access to the web with non-government money. I don't want a 'free operating system', I want to pay for it with my non-government cash and the seller keep the hell out of my life from then on. The fact of intrusion into my personal life after monopoly was achieved is that, intrusion.

All of software development is based on standards and then you fix the non-standard breakage, or you don't because there's not enough people using it to worry about.

Millions of *****s that don't care give more than sufficient information for software development and quality assurance. The concept of 'everyone's information being required' is literally a scientific and digital development lie.

You should get to know the difference between public and private. One other aspect of "public" is the notion that the law protects your filming. It doesn't. The law punishes those who physically object to your filming. The majority of all crimes go unsolved. You should bear that in mind as more people tire of being abused in "public".

 

[mailpup]

Enough off topic and personal comments.

 

[Darth Shiv]

Your device is specific to hardware...which could be specific to a relevant software issue. Unless you're using a VPN...your ISP and every website your using knows your IP address.

While that maybe true, logging it opens data compromise vectors. If Microsoft contains personal identifiable information, IP addresses, logins for services, detailed information on software running on a PC, that's an incredible treasure trove for a hacker. There's no reason why I can't tell them not to log my info. The cost of them doing so is they provide an ENORMOUS target and the people who lose here are NOT Microsoft. It's us.

Pretending this isn't the case is ignoring every major breach or personal info of the last decade. Facebook, banks, other social media platforms, credit agencies. WE should be in full control of the personal info we provide especially if it is not necessary to running the service. Facebook has been utter garbage in respecting this. Microsoft should be more responsible and allow us the control that EU for example deems reasonable.