Does anyone know how all that money will be distributed?
Given the amounts involved likely as a single McDonalds meal voucher per recipient.
Readit Newsthescrewdriver commented on U.S. judge approves $415M settlement in tech worker lawsuit reuters.com/article/2015/... · Posted by u/evmar
Not quite. I do expect more respect for my privacy from my computer OS than I expect from my smart phone OS. My personal computer holds way more sensitive and important information than my smartphone.
That won't be true for everyone. Why should we just accept less privacy?
They are:
1. Install an AOSP ROM without the proprietary Google Apps or Google Play Services.
2. Install the F-Droid market to download whatever programs you like.
3. Enjoy using an Android phone without the anti-privacy Google tracking.
Unfortunately 90% of useful apps aren't on F-Droid.
I don't understand why you would want to disable LAN distribution of Windows 10 updates to your other Windows 10 machines. It seems like a great way of avoiding multiple downloads of the same thing, and I'd love something similar for Linux (aptorrent or something; manual rsync of /var/cache/apt/archives isn't quite the same, neither is apt-mirror).
Disabling uploads to other external machines does make sense to me, though.
Probably not much point in disabling that. Disabling downloads from other machines on the web makes more sense if you have a data cap or are charged per MB, which is common in some countries. It's not really a privacy-related change as far as I can see.
I wish the steps were this straightforward for my android phone.
The ironic part is that people have just become accustomed to (or ignorant of) the way data is gathered from your average Android phone. Everyone is upset about Win10, but little attention is given to Android and the associated ecosystem of apps.
I get where some of this is coming from, but I'm not sure that "fixing" Windows by disabling automatic security updates is actually a good idea.
The guide shows how to disable sending updates from your computer to other computers on your LAN or on the Internet. It doesn't suggest disabling updates anywhere...
thescrewdriver commented on Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 hakspek.com/security/upda... · Posted by u/Sami_Lehtinen
Most enterprises that care probably is. And it is possible for small businesses to get, just costs a bit more (including Software Assurance renewal) and it also gets you access to things like LTSB.
Maybe some small businesses don't care, but the people whose data they are handling might not agree with that stance.
thescrewdriver commented on Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 hakspek.com/security/upda... · Posted by u/Sami_Lehtinen
Win10 enterprise has the no telemetry option for a reason.
Because every small business uses Win10 enterprise?
Why does gender of employee mater?
It's one of two pieces of information he is claiming to have have learned. It's relevant as it narrows down the list of suspects somewhat.
thescrewdriver commented on Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10 hakspek.com/security/upda... · Posted by u/Sami_Lehtinen
2016 is the year of desktop linux.
For the kind of people who care about this sort of thing.
Also puts "Scroogle" into perspective.
I doubt there are enough people who care. Google has already proved that seemingly benevolent spying is a highly profitable business model. Most people aren't bothered, or even know, that they are being "Scroogled". Microsoft is just following suite. Sadly it seems to be a sign of things to come.