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This should somehow be defined as ilegal. I, as user, should have the power, to definitely, unquestionably block MS to track my computer.
by rafaelturk 6y ago
This should somehow be defined as ilegal.
I, as user, should have the power, to definitely, unquestionably block MS to track my computer.
- jackbrookes 6y agoYou do, by uninstalling Windows.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoI'm actually curious if this happens in the EU, and if so how it doesn't violate GDPR.
- ClikeX 6y agoI'm not a lawyer, but I think might depend on what data is being collected here. I believe they'd be fine if it doesn't fall under the "personal data" category. You might actually be accepting some GDPR processing agreement when setting up Windows nowadays. And there's a whole thing in GDPR about grandfathering consent. Which they might fall back on. But like I said, I'm not a lawyer. I'm not qualified enough to know for sure.
- anoncake 6y ago> You might actually be accepting some GDPR processing agreement when setting up Windows nowadays. If you don't know if you "accepted" an agreement, you didnt.
- ClikeX 6y agoI didn't mean it in the sense that it's invisible. I haven't done a Windows install in a while, so I just don't know if they do a privacy agreement in the installation. As I mentioned in another comment. I wonder if they would try to extend Microsoft account privacy agreements to the installation of Windows where that account is logged into.
- JadeNB 6y ago> And there's a whole thing in GDPR about grandfathering consent. Which they might fall back on. Wouldn't that apply, if at all, only to users who started before GDPR?
- ClikeX 6y agoYes, that's specifically for users before GDPR. But GDPR can be a bit vague, both in definition and enforcement. I'm not sure how Microsoft implements GDPR agreements. But I'm not sure if you'd have to agree to their policies on a Microsoft account level, or if it's per installation of Windows.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoDidn't you read the fine print?
- discordance 6y agoIs there the option for European users to have this data removed and not collected again? - If not, would this be a GDPR violation?
- msla 6y agoThe only way to be sure there is no data being collected is to stop using Windows. It's closed-source.
- majkinetor 6y agoFar from only way. You can also disconnect or make something similar like firewall everything except tor browser.
- sergeykish 6y agoAnd they could covert channel in TCP headers [1] (provided they can intercept the traffic). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_channel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_channel
- majkinetor 6y agoYeah, that 'provided' part makes it unusable in this case.