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Maybe people fear that personal data might show up in the collected minidumps? Doesn't sound unreasonable.
by cnvogel 11y ago
Maybe people fear that personal data might show up in the collected minidumps? Doesn't sound unreasonable.
- creshal 11y agoSure. But you still allow Microsoft to dump your entire RAM to an unrelated web server by letting them install random updates.
- cnvogel 11y ago...which requires active malice on part of Microsoft. Whereas automatic upload of core-dumps even under normal non-attack operating conditions might even be forbidden by law when, for example, working with sensitive personal or otherwise classified data.