Sneaky Microsoft renamed its data slurper before sticking it back in Windows 10
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/26/microsoft_renamed_data_slurper_reinserted_windows_10/ The data that DiagTrack collected was typical of a spyware programme. The only way you knew you were being monitored was by eyeballing the list of running processes in Task Manager. As Microsoft explained: Examples of data we collect include your name, email address, preferences and interests; browsing, search and file history; phone call and SMS data; device configuration and sensor data; and application usage. Users thought it had disappeared in recent Windows 10 builds - but it hadn't. Microsoft had simply renamed it. The sinister-sounding tracking app was now the beatific and caring "Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service". Once again, it needs to be disabled manually (this time through the Services control panel). "It is this kind of overriding desire for control and a disregard for user choices which is harming Windows 10," says Forbes journo Gordon Kelly, and he's right. - - - Windows 10 is a horrific turkey when it comes to privacy. Happy Thanksgiving! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so. My opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
