The source is questionable and it would be nice to see someone test these claims independently. But this article claims Windows 10 engages in total keylogging (so MS get everything you type) and many other really bad spying activities, and you can't turn these things off.
What do you find worse for development? VirtualBox seems OK here. I have been finding Windows 10 much nicer to work with as a developer than Windows 8.1 - except for the bit where it reads everything I type, listens to everything I say, keeps checking what I look like and sending it all to Microsoft and the NSA. It's a shame; I was all set to consider this another "good" Windows after the pain that was Windows 8.
My primary issue is Windows 7 on this machine has become very unstable, with frequent hangs and crashes. The upgrade to 10 fixed all of these issues, it worked fantastically for me and I was even interested in exploring the Metro app design stuff. I would try Linux on here but it's my wife's computer, so she's said no. Maybe I should boot from usb...
Just dual boot. There are very easy and detailed tutorials around - and we have a few linux guys around here as well, if you have any questions. I'll be happy to help, too. Who knows, maybe once you have a neat linux desktop set up, your wife may change her mind. People have many preconceptions about linux which mostly stem from the 90s. Times certainly have changed for the better in Linuxland. On topic: The only keys windows is going to log from me are "WASD" and a few related modifiers. If they really want to log my (crappy) movements in ARMA3 or DayZ, they can. Apart from that? Me clicking "reboot". Haven't seen Windows for days.
Same here. I was hit by the Windows 7 memory leak bug that forced me to reboot, if it didn't crash, every two hours. Upgraded to 8.1 to fix it, then upgraded to 10 to try it out - I've been loving 10 ever since (though I might have to use another Windows because apparently the Unity development kit doesn't run in 10.)
Ideally the capture would be done on a gateway computer, not the computer running Windows 10. Some accounts are saying that Microsoft may be doing sneaky low-level stuff that might pass under the radar of regular diagnostics software on the Windows 10 machine itself. A capture from another machine would help to confirm or deny this.
Thats the plan. Already dumped a list of installed programs, running processes, services, and installed updates. Preping a linux box to tunnel the internet connection of the tablet and use wireshark to log it. I'll then do my best to remove personal information (if needed), throw it in an archive and post it.
I mean how in depth? Install wireshark and see what exists? Don't trust that? Install a router, route traffic through there and examine it exiting the router. I don't trust microsoft, but I don't trust blog articles either. I've been planning to see what cortana is doing anyway so maybe this will spur me.The only thing that will settle it is an in-depth traffic analysis from someone trusted and neutral.
The only thing that will settle it is an in-depth traffic analysis from someone trusted and neutral.
Yes, it'd be nice to see a traffic analysis done from the router, over a period of time, from someone who knows more about analyzing network traffic than I do. If Windows is capturing and dumping all your keystrokes, for example, there ought to be ways of testing for that - e.g. compare network traffic when you're doing nothing to the traffic when you type a lot into programs that should not use the network (e.g. a text editor). The traffic will probably be encrypted but you might be able to get an idea from the volume. (Do this with "get to know me" turned off.)