There's been a number of revelations about the invasion of privacy prevalent in Windows 10 (and now according to this article/thread 7 and 8 too), but curiously

There's been a number of revelations about the invasion of privacy prevalent in Windows 10 (and now according to this article/thread 7 and 8 too), but curiously Microsoft have been very silent on the matter which is only making things worse for them as users will naturally take that as a confirmation of the relevant findings. It's also strange to see Microsoft making this move given that this invasion of privacy is probably illegal in many ways in countries that are forward thinking enough to have laws against this type of thing. Maybe they see it as a short term ploy to try and collect as much data as they can before there is a big enough uproar against it and then decide to pull the "feature(s)". They may see it as worth the controversy if they can gather enough data for future products/improvements.