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That’s a very poor excuse for mass collection of personal data. They can easily figure that out from commercial datasets, or even a small-scale research effort.
by jiofih 7y ago
That’s a very poor excuse for mass collection of personal data. They can easily figure that out from commercial datasets, or even a small-scale research effort.
- gowld 7y ago> a small-scale research effort. Like the Computing Improvement Program, hosted on an obscure web page and systray menu?
- heavyset_go 7y agoTypically research is voluntary and involves getting informed consent from involved parties.
- hcs 7y agoIs this not voluntary? > Q: How do I participate in the Intel® Computing Improvement Program? > A: When you download and install the Intel® Computing Improvement Program, click Accept on the invitation to join.
- piracy1 7y agoYa, I think the key bit of spook that can be derived from the title is that they're using the CPUs to do this, maybe like they're baking it into Intel ME. That's what I first thought until I read the article. It's just intel saying, hey come install our spyware. However it's worth nothing that I bet this will come preinstalled on a ton of devices which is in fact spooky.
- shrimp_emoji 7y agoYeah; why not just buy that data from Microsoft? :3