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This article is just ridiculous, the author is going out of their way to attack microsoft instead of just reporting the facts. Terrible journalism. >We already
by ryanlol 11y ago
This article is just ridiculous, the author is going out of their way to attack microsoft instead of just reporting the facts. Terrible journalism.
>We already knew Windows 10 Threshold deleted third-party data monitoring tools and cleanup tools, including stalwarts like Spybot and CCleaner. It even disabled Cisco’s VPN software. Just a bug, said Microsoft.
>Two bugs would be a puzzling coincidence
What makes the existence of software bugs "puzzling"?
> The data that DiagTrack collected was typical of a spyware programme
So credit cards, passwords, etc... right?
>Examples of data we collect include your name, email address, preferences and interests; browsing, search and file history; phone call and SMS data; device configuration and sensor data; and application usage.
I guess not?
> The only way you knew you were being monitored was by eyeballing the list of running processes in Task Manager.
That doesn't sound very spyware-esque, you'd probably want to be hiding yourself from the task manager.
- ionised 11y ago> you'd probably want to be hiding yourself from the task manager. Why?
- ryanlol 11y agoWhy would you want your malware visible to the user?
- ry_ry 11y agoAttacking Microsoft is the done thing. They are wildly successful by any conventional measure and have made themselves a target. Personally I have nothing against the company, we are a .net house and I like their current stuff Win10 is legitimately good and atm visual studio is at least on a par with intellij which I have used extensively. So whilst I bare them no ill will they should absolutely be subject to the highest degree of scrutiny. Apple should too, ofc, and moreso in recent years they are. They real travesty is that all industry leaders (and honestly, tell me windows isn't an industry leader - it bloody /is/ an industry!) aren't held up to the same degree of rigour as Microsoft are.
- ryanlol 11y agoI'm not trying to criticise the article because it tries to attack MS, I'm trying to criticise it because half of it simply isn't true.
- ionised 11y agoAh, I misunderstood what you meant.