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Err, isn't this guide advocating piracy?

benologist 10y ago
It's also advocating privacy, and Microsoft "will maintain the timeless value of privacy and preserve the ability to control your data" so... https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-US/ https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-US/
Chlorus 10y ago
Presumably, it would still need an activation key, even for that image they link to, but god knows what else gets tampered with in the iso.
- UnoriginalGuy 10y ago
  They link to an activation crack. Look at the link under "At the time of this writing, KMSpico is recommended as the best and safest option." It is an activation crack. This is full on piracy, not just a customised OS image.
  - Chlorus 10y ago
    Welp - and the crack is open source, right? So we know what it does to the OS?
PeCaN 10y ago
Pretty sure Microsoft is advocating piracy by bundling a keylogger with the consumer editions.
- yuhong 10y ago
  It is not actually a keylogger in the traditional sense, and I think even that can be disabled.
  - CamperBob2 10y ago
    Yeah, traditionally your data gets shipped off to Russia or Romania, rather than Redmond.
- UnoriginalGuy 10y ago
  There is no keylogger in the RTM. Never has been. There was invasive functionality in the alpha, but they were pretty upfront about that. Right now they only send online searches made in Cortana to Microsoft, anything done outside of Cortana is not.
  - PeCaN 10y ago
    That's just arguing semantics. Anything that sends keystrokes to a remote server gets labelled ‘keylogger’ by me, regardless of whether Microsoft is getting it or a random hacker in $FOREIGN_COUNTRY. And the rather invasive ‘keyboard analytics’ wasn't just in the alpha.¹ ² ³ ⁴ At least you can turn it off easily enough. Still makes me a bit miffed that it's on by default. -- 1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2974057/windows/how-to-turn-off-windows-10s-keylogger-yes-it-still-has-one.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2974057/windows/how-to-turn-o... 2. https://thehackernews.com/2015/09/windows10-keylogger-security.html https://thehackernews.com/2015/09/windows10-keylogger-securi... 3. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/windows-10-keylogger-can-track-everything-you-type-you-can-turn-it-off-1519677 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/windows-10-keylogger-can-track-ever... 4. https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/31rxsv/disable_keylogger_windows_10/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/31rxsv/disable_k...
    - viraptor 10y ago
      Semantics are important in this case. Otherwise any web browser is a keylogger by your definition.

It's also advocating privacy, and Microsoft "will maintain the timeless value of privacy and preserve the ability to control your data" so... https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-US/ https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-US/

Chlorus 10y ago

Presumably, it would still need an activation key, even for that image they link to, but god knows what else gets tampered with in the iso.

UnoriginalGuy 10y ago
They link to an activation crack. Look at the link under "At the time of this writing, KMSpico is recommended as the best and safest option." It is an activation crack. This is full on piracy, not just a customised OS image.
- Chlorus 10y ago
  Welp - and the crack is open source, right? So we know what it does to the OS?

PeCaN 10y ago

Pretty sure Microsoft is advocating piracy by bundling a keylogger with the consumer editions.

yuhong 10y ago
It is not actually a keylogger in the traditional sense, and I think even that can be disabled.
- CamperBob2 10y ago
  Yeah, traditionally your data gets shipped off to Russia or Romania, rather than Redmond.
UnoriginalGuy 10y ago
There is no keylogger in the RTM. Never has been. There was invasive functionality in the alpha, but they were pretty upfront about that. Right now they only send online searches made in Cortana to Microsoft, anything done outside of Cortana is not.
- PeCaN 10y ago
  That's just arguing semantics. Anything that sends keystrokes to a remote server gets labelled ‘keylogger’ by me, regardless of whether Microsoft is getting it or a random hacker in $FOREIGN_COUNTRY. And the rather invasive ‘keyboard analytics’ wasn't just in the alpha.¹ ² ³ ⁴ At least you can turn it off easily enough. Still makes me a bit miffed that it's on by default. -- 1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2974057/windows/how-to-turn-off-windows-10s-keylogger-yes-it-still-has-one.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2974057/windows/how-to-turn-o... 2. https://thehackernews.com/2015/09/windows10-keylogger-security.html https://thehackernews.com/2015/09/windows10-keylogger-securi... 3. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/windows-10-keylogger-can-track-everything-you-type-you-can-turn-it-off-1519677 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/windows-10-keylogger-can-track-ever... 4. https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/31rxsv/disable_keylogger_windows_10/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/31rxsv/disable_k...
  - viraptor 10y ago
    Semantics are important in this case. Otherwise any web browser is a keylogger by your definition.