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Microsoft REALLY wants you use a Microsoft account over a Local account. The link to chose a Local account during install is gone. It only shows up if you get
by optimiz3 13y ago
Microsoft REALLY wants you use a Microsoft account over a Local account. The link to chose a Local account during install is gone. It only shows up if you get the Microsoft account login wrong, and there is no indication that a Local account is even possible until this happens.
- rplnt 13y agoIt's there like it was in Windows 8 if you don't have Internet access during install time.
- ratscabies 13y agoTinfoil hat here. Isn't using a Microsoft account just like giving the NSA your credentials to your machine?
- CurtHagenlocher 13y agoWe may never know for certain. But it would be weird if a backdoor in Windows could be disabled in such an easy fashion. It's not like the rest of the OS is fully transparent. I think a better analogy is probably using a Google account to log into a Chromebook. In both cases, you can look at the network traffic to see exactly the extent to which your computer is reporting on you. Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft. Also, you can't imagine how confusing the term "Microsoft account" is for those of us who work here. That's why I still think of it as a "Windows Live account".
- optimiz3 13y agoPretty much, a Microsoft account is a one-way trust relationship between your machine and Microsoft.