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Windows 10 claimed to phone home despite privacy settings

Windows 10 claimed to phone home despite privacy settings

Posted on August 24, 2015September 7, 2019 By Jarvis

If you still don’t think that Windows 10 is a privacy disaster in the making, then this latest detective work might. At least, if you actually subscribe to it. According to Czech website aeronet.cz, Windows 10 has been doing some rather dubious communication with Microsoft servers in places and instances where it doesn’t make sense to do so. In short, even if you have disabled all possible privacy-infringing settings, the OS will still be sending some of your private data, without your knowledge and definitely without your consent.
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Wearables Tags:home, Microsoft, privacy, Slashgear, Windows, Windows 10

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