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> Why do you believe Windows running on someone else's computer is a threat to your network? Not the OP, but given how Windows 10 treats the privacy of its loc
by DoofusOfDeath 6y ago
> Why do you believe Windows running on someone else's computer is a threat to your network?
Not the OP, but given how Windows 10 treats the privacy of its localhost user, I can't rule out it trying to obtain information about other hosts on my network and sending it back to Microsoft.
Can I truly rule out the possibility of it sniffing network traffic to see what DNS queries are posed by other devices on the network? Or telling Microsoft about the count/timing/type of cellphones connected to my network?
- Silhouette 6y agoI concur. Unfortunately, Microsoft has forfeited a lot of trust in recent years through a series of user-hostile acts it has taken in connection with Windows 10. It's prudent to apply the principle of least privilege with any device on your network, and given those user-hostile measures, a rational response is to consider a Windows 10 machine as potentially hostile and apply similar restrictions to something like a BYOD environment. After all, a device can't compromise information it never has through an external firewall that won't let it phone home.
- Dylan16807 6y agoCan you truly rule that out with any other OS?
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoThere is a difference between something you can't rule out as impossible because it isn't a violation of the laws of physics and something you can't rule out as implausible based on the observed past behavior of the entity responsible. If I told you that an operating system has just been caught doing that, would your first guess be Windows or Debian?
- Dylan16807 6y agoDebian itself I wouldn't worry about much, but Mac OS would be close to Windows. And I'd be more worried about malware than the OS. Especially phone malware.