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Re: Windows 10 Release
From: Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:54:43 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2015-July/026136.html
Which appears to be about 25% crap, 30% FUD, and the remainder consists of concerns of varying levels of validity. For privacy-minded individuals who are not interested in sharing lots of stuff with Microsoft, there are install-time options to shut most of that off. Don't use "Express Settings." Select "Customize settings" and then turn most of the switches on the next two pages off. The real issue is that lots of people will select the "express settings" and then might have to do more work to undo the decisions made at this step on their behalf. I do think it is rotten that the defaults for the options are all "on." ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
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