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I know the telemetry!! thing is a bit overplayed nowadays, hence the greyness of your comment, but it's still spot on. The fact that Microsoft won't give people

I know the telemetry!! thing is a bit overplayed nowadays, hence the greyness of your comment, but it's still spot on. The fact that Microsoft won't give people an off setting (not reduced, not minimal, OFF - stop talking to the mothership entirely) speaks volumes. Given the fact that it's all a black box, you're taking on pure faith that it only collects what Microsoft says it collects (and that those assurances remain valid after every single update). I'm not sure I trust Microsoft that much. And I mean that in the general sense of not giving ultimate trust to any amoral corporate entity with a poor history.

api 9y ago
How is being concerned about one's personal info and security critical info something that can be "overplayed?" "Seatbelts are getting overplayed. I'm not going to bother anymore. Everyone's dying in car wrecks." "Hey bro this STD thing is getting overplayed. Why do people keep telling me to wear a condom? This is getting old." Security is always a concern-- any time you update software on any platform (Linux included) you're putting a certain amount of faith in developers that they're being honest and haven't borked things badly. But there is a difference between the risk of something breaking and the knowledge that the vendor is almost "grey hat" and wants to spy on you as much as they can get away with. Now imagine if Facebook made an OS. That would be downright comical.