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I've really wanted to try Cortana since getting a Windows 10 laptop, but it won't let me turn it on without giving full access to search, email, credit card no,

by nol13 10y ago

I've really wanted to try Cortana since getting a Windows 10 laptop, but it won't let me turn it on without giving full access to search, email, credit card no, SSN, calendar, etc. Oh well. Why do I need to give it access to my search history and email to be able to find excel functions for me?

onion2k 10y ago
Why do I need to give it access to my search history and email to be able to find excel functions for me? You should think of your personal data as a valuable asset that you can use to pay for things. Now you know why you need to give Cortana access to them.
- sz4kerto 10y ago
  > Now you know why you need to give Cortana access to them. Do you think this is the sole reason behind that?
  - onion2k 10y ago
    In the specific case that nol13 was talking about (using Bing to search for an Excel function), yes.
    - zamalek 10y ago
      But not for scenarios like "what meetings do I have today?"
      - onion2k 10y ago
        In the situation where you're using Cortana to search your meetings you have to give it permission to access your data for two reasons - to tell it that you agree to allow it to access the information and to pay the price of using the service by giving it access to your data. The 'payment' issue is still there.
        zamalek 10y ago
        Agreed. I was merely pointing out that granting access to your personal life isn't functionally pointless.
lloeki 10y ago
> it won't let me turn it on without giving full access to... Well it won't allow me to turn it on because I live in France and thus have a "french" MS/Live account but set my system language to English. Go figure†. † I can very well make up a zillion obscure and convoluted technical and/or legal reasons, but none make any sense from a end-user point of view, which is, in the end, what matters.
- ci5er 10y ago
  > which is, in the end, what matters Not to the courts.

by nol13 10y ago

onion2k 10y ago

Why do I need to give it access to my search history and email to be able to find excel functions for me? You should think of your personal data as a valuable asset that you can use to pay for things. Now you know why you need to give Cortana access to them.

sz4kerto 10y ago
> Now you know why you need to give Cortana access to them. Do you think this is the sole reason behind that?
- onion2k 10y ago
  In the specific case that nol13 was talking about (using Bing to search for an Excel function), yes.
  - zamalek 10y ago
    But not for scenarios like "what meetings do I have today?"
    - onion2k 10y ago
      In the situation where you're using Cortana to search your meetings you have to give it permission to access your data for two reasons - to tell it that you agree to allow it to access the information and to pay the price of using the service by giving it access to your data. The 'payment' issue is still there.
      - zamalek 10y ago
        Agreed. I was merely pointing out that granting access to your personal life isn't functionally pointless.

lloeki 10y ago

> it won't let me turn it on without giving full access to... Well it won't allow me to turn it on because I live in France and thus have a "french" MS/Live account but set my system language to English. Go figure†. † I can very well make up a zillion obscure and convoluted technical and/or legal reasons, but none make any sense from a end-user point of view, which is, in the end, what matters.

ci5er 10y ago
> which is, in the end, what matters Not to the courts.