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http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/08/30/windows-10-spying-on-windows-7-and-windows-8/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix
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Laughing at Microsoft MSFT +0.00%’s controversial data mining and privacy invasions within Windows 10? Well Windows 7 and Windows 8 users should laugh no longer as this most hated spying is now headed your way… Software specialist site gHacks has discovered that Microsoft has pushed four new updates to both Windows 7 and Windows 8 which introduce new data collecting and user behaviour tracking features. The four updates in question and the official Microsoft descriptions are: KB3068708 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry – This update introduces the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to existing devices. By applying this service, you can add benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet upgraded. The update also supports applications that are subscribed to Visual Studio Application Insights. (Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) KB3022345 (replaced by KB3068708) Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry – This update introduces the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to in-market devices. By applying this service, you can add benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet been upgraded. The update also supports applications that are subscribed to Visual Studio Application Insights. (Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) KB3075249 Update that adds telemetry points to consent.exe in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 – This update adds telemetry points to the User Account Control (UAC) feature to collect information on elevations that come from low integrity levels. (Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) KB3080149 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry – This package updates the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to existing devices. This service provides benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet upgraded. The update also supports applications that are subscribed to Visual Studio Application Insights. (Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1)Furthermore gHacks notes that ” these four updates ignore existing user preferences stored in Windows 7 and Windows 8 (including any edits made to the Hosts file) and immediately starts exchanging user data with vortex-win.data.microsoft.com and settings-win.data.microsoft.com. “ These, and maybe others, appear to be hardcoded which means that the Hosts file is bypassed automatically”, gHacks explains. Read more – Windows 10: Should You Upgrade? I have reached out to Microsoft about the new patches and will update when the company’s response if/when it is received. But until then the bigger question for those uncomfortable with these changes is: How do you stop them?
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Aug 31, 2015 12:17
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echinopsis posted:But until then the bigger question for those uncomfortable with these changes is: How do you stop them? just let that sink in for a bit just HOW IN THE WHOLE OF HELL do we stop these updates????????????????????????????
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Aug 31, 2015 12:18
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echinopsis posted:just HOW IN THE WHOLE OF HELL do we stop these updates???????????????????????????? heres a clue taken from this here pc 
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Aug 31, 2015 12:19
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echinopsis posted:heres a clue taken from this here pc
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Aug 31, 2015 12:48
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echinopsis posted:heres a clue taken from this here pc does 8.1 even let you decide on updates? I haven't found a setting that will get it to stop force rebooting while I'm in the middle of very important pornography
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Aug 31, 2015 13:43
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yeah, you can tell it not to automatically install. afaik in 8.1 it's p. bad though - it just gives you an "updates are available" reminder in the bottom corner of the login screen where it's easy to miss/get used to, compared to in xp & 7 where it would annoy you with systray popups until you gave in as a result it turns out i'm full of even more 0dayz than echopenis  mine's a desktop, i'm guessing all the "optional" ones in his are laptop crapware‽
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Aug 31, 2015 14:16
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like on this one i haven't even got the RESERVE YOUR COPY OF WINDOWS 10 MOUNTAIN LION yet lol
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Aug 31, 2015 14:17
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jony ive aces posted:yeah, you can tell it not to automatically install. afaik in 8.1 it's p. bad though - it just gives you an "updates are available" reminder in the bottom corner of the login screen where it's easy to miss/get used to, compared to in xp & 7 where it would annoy you with systray popups until you gave in youre doing better than me bro but  get off the grass. laptop? this is a pure dekstop bro. no idea what those updates are except that we all know they dont matter
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Aug 31, 2015 14:25
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yeah i'm sure this is really "important"
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Aug 31, 2015 14:36
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dude
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Aug 31, 2015 14:41
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where's my car
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Aug 31, 2015 14:43
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echinopsis posted:dude 
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Aug 31, 2015 14:46
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so which one do you untick to prevent the phone home poo poo/windows 10 nag poo poo from getting installed I just don't update the windows version in my VM and I guess that's succeeded in preventing the windows 10 nag probably not going to update to windows 10 until I get some confidence that microsoft isnt just loving with everyone i.e. rolling out a subscription plan a year from now or lose the ability to use your PC lolol. that would be very stupid but I wouldn't put it past them.
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Aug 31, 2015 17:10
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fleshweasel posted:so which one do you untick to prevent the phone home poo poo/windows 10 nag poo poo from getting installed
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Aug 31, 2015 18:09
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it appears as if, collectively, your operating systems are constituent parts of a giant piece of poo poo
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Aug 31, 2015 18:10
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taco_fox posted:it's simple, you just have to click on "more information" for every update to find out which ones you don't want because we don't have the technology to put that information in the updater itself and then google the KB because MS has lied about whats in the updates before
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Aug 31, 2015 21:04
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whew good thing those fuckers cant get my data *opens chrome, logs into facebook*
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Aug 31, 2015 21:06
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i installed "Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" and it uninstalled windows
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Aug 31, 2015 21:08
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Tatsujin posted:whew good thing those fuckers cant get my data *opens chrome, logs into facebook*
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Aug 31, 2015 21:20
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This thread gets the OFFICIAL YOSPOS SEAL OF APPROVAL from me, the king of YosPos!
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Aug 31, 2015 21:50
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Tatsujin posted:whew good thing those fuckers cant get my data *opens chrome, logs into facebook*
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Aug 31, 2015 21:55
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Tatsujin posted:whew good thing those fuckers cant get my data *opens chrome, logs into facebook* *uses smartphone*
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Aug 31, 2015 21:55
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by making previous versions of windows just as lovely as the new one people will have to upgrade, right?
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Aug 31, 2015 22:19
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no they will not posted:This thread gets the OFFICIAL YOSPOS SEAL OF APPROVAL from me, the king of YosPos! my liege
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Aug 31, 2015 22:49
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I will bump this thread to keep it on the first page. It's under my protection
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Sep 1, 2015 02:53
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i installed windows 10 and let it update my neg rear end in a top hat whenever it feels the need. i am its bit dumpster. i've told it in no uncertain terms to let me schedule the restarts, though. need to preserve some dignity, you know?
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Sep 1, 2015 02:59
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gotta have a safe word
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Sep 1, 2015 03:27
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PLATONIC ANAL VORE posted:gotta have a safe word haha, mine is STEBE! lmfao
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Sep 1, 2015 03:28
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just get a macbook pro, op
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Sep 1, 2015 03:33
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a few weeks ago windows 7 installed a "critical security update" which made it completely unable to boot. it would get to the starting windows animation and sit there for about 2 seconds before automatically rebooting in an endless cycle. i had to use system restore to roll back to right before that critical security update to get my computer to turn on again. i guess a windows that cant boot is pretty unlikely to get hacked though
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Sep 1, 2015 03:39
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I love the way you phrase "windows installed" rather than "I installed" you're still at fault mate, for allowing windows to update itself shaking me drat ed
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Sep 1, 2015 04:18
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i think teh windows upddates are good 
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Sep 1, 2015 04:20
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Julie And Candy posted:just get a macbook pro, op nobody needs a macbook pro. you're probably good with a CHROMEBOOK, if you need more power? (probably dont) you can buy a macbook/air. Not beefy enough? Time for a powerful Custom Desktop Rig.
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Sep 1, 2015 04:25
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Powerful Laptop. Oxymoron. ROFL
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Sep 1, 2015 04:25
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bobbilljim posted:i think teh windows upddates are good time to upgrade!
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Sep 1, 2015 04:50
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bobbilljim posted:i think teh windows upddates are good didn't you read what the OP master had to say?
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Sep 1, 2015 06:40
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yes but it turns out that the updates are good and not bad
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Sep 1, 2015 06:55
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echinopsis posted:I love the way you phrase "windows installed" rather than "I installed" hmm
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bobbilljim posted:yes but it turns out that the updates are good and not bad even this spying one? mate i pirate poo poo like mad mate. thanks to the TPP soon microsoft will be able to sue me via email. i dont really want that echinopsis fucked around with this message at 09:09 on Sep 1, 2015 |
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