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“When A Computer Service Is Free You Are Not The Customer. You Are The Product.”
I have been getting daily prods from Microsoft to update to ‘Free’ Windows 10. Today the message suggested I at least put my name on the list so I can get it free after the ‘Free period’ ends. I find this to be suspicious, but maybe it’s just me.
Then I find this:
“Windows 10 Is Spyware”
Windows 10 logo
When Microsoft announced the “free” upgrade, many were left wondering why the Redmond giant would give away licenses to use the new operating system. Now it appears that the reason is simple: greater data-mining opportunities. Windows operating systems have long included security weaknesses that leave users vulnerable to spying and data-mining from others. What is different with the newest iteration of Windows is that Microsoft is directly involved in that spying and data-mining and has built the entire operating system in such a way as to allow it.
To install the Windows 10 upgrade, users must agree to the Microsoft Services Agreement and its accompanying documents. Few will ever read the terms of these documents since they span some 40,000 words and would run 110 pages if printed. As is to be expected, most of the terms are written in legalese and are not overly easy to understand. There are some parts of the terms that users need to be aware of, though, because agreeing to them grants Microsoft the right to read, save, and share anything stored on or accessed using any computer running Microsoft Windows as well as any computer using Microsoft products or services.”
Read it all at The New American
Source: http://therealrevo.com/blog/?p=134781
