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Windows 10 by default uses your bandwidth to send updates to other people
I just installed Windows 10 and discovered this screen by accident: http://imgur.com/HqfGoPl
I somehow feel like a social contract between me and my operating system was broken here. If an app does this it feels different because I can close the app, but an operating system by default? What if I was on a metered connection?
- Zekio 11y agoIf you were on a metered connection, it wouldn't use that connection to update, but you have to define a connection as metered, also how does this surprise people its been there for months in the insider preview
- dangero 11y agoI didn't use the preview (like most people) and again, it never prompted me to make me aware of this.
- smallape 11y agoThis is a really bad and (incorrectly even!) condescending reply.
- tuyguntn 11y agoDo you think other non-tech guys understand this and going to dive into settings in order to make it work properly?
- lewisl9029 11y agoI was using the preview for months and did a clean install for the RTM. I didn't check this until now, because I'm almost certain it defaulted to local-only when I was in the preview.
- facorreia 11y agoThis has the potential to speed up updates within a company's internal network. Unless you configure WSUS, your external link could get seriously compromised if all PCs tried to update at the same time.
- dangero 11y agoConversely this has the potential to put a constant drain on your company's external link. The lan part makes perfect sense, but the default is to send updates to everyone in the world, not just your lan.
- godgod 11y agoI can guarantee this technology is going to be abused by hackers to infect your computer with malware.