Windows 10; a legal nightmare waiting to happen

If you are operating a site that must meet certain legal conditions, such as HIPPA compliance, then you may want to consider blocking access to your servers from Window 10 machines.  Under the new agreements that accompanies Window 10, not just the EULA but the entire agreement that Microsoft makes difficult to read due to splitting it up in parts and telling one to paste aka.ms/xxx into their browser address bar, Microsoft can access and store just about anything you do with a Windows 10 machine.  If you have a client accessing patient information on your server using IE11 or Edge; or really any other browser, then it is possible that Microsoft could store that patient information on their servers.  This is not a Tin Foil claim, it is real and is a part of the agreement that users are agreeing to when they install Windows 10.

It sucks when you need to hire a lawyer just to comprehend terms and conditions. I just got a free cell phone upgrade, and had to agree to a 23 page TOS .... in 8pt type.  AT&T puts the thing in a tiny little, insignificant box on their website to make it look like something trivial. I couldn't read the damn thing on the screen, so I decided to just select it all and print it. I then stood by the printer while it spewed out page after page.  What I hate even more than a 23 page TOS just to get a replacement phone, is the deliberate deception of trying to make it look like some tiny little bit of text on their website.... the 23 pages are in a little scrolling text box about 300px wide and only about 6 lines are displayed.  You scroll through 23  pages 100 characters at a time.  People that perpetuate this shit need to be water boarded.

houstonlively for President! :)

 Great idea!  My first day in office I will place the entire Microsoft & AT&T  Boards of Directors in medieval stockades, in the middle of a dog park.

remind me the movie Citizenfour about spying 

basically if this movie is true you cant hide nothing so why bother yourself on this

maybe we will  return writing down on papers in a few years 

Many will repeat the mantra that today no one has any privacy so we should just be good little sheep and keep our eyes closed.  That is bullshit.  Many OSes don't come with a 40 plus page document stating that if you use any of the services; which includes the OS, the web browser, the calendar, anything on the computer, that you give permission to the software company to copy your content to their servers so they can sell it to third parties.  Now the NSA can just go to Microsoft and subpoena for information on anyone.  The condition I outlined with HIPPA is a real concern because it is quite possible that confidential patient information could end up sitting on Microsoft's servers when someone accesses the site using Windows 10 and IE11/Edge.  One might not even need to be using Windows 10 as they are changing the EULA for the browsers as well; download the latest IE to your Windows 7/8 machine and you may be giving Micorsoft permission to copy your browsing to their servers.

You could install Windows 10 on a laptop, make sure there is no personally identifying information anywhere on it, drive around looking for unsecured wifi hotpoints  and do your internet surfing that way. 

OR, you can create an underground of wifi hotpoints hooked up through some proxy somewhere where they can't be backtraced and allow people to hook to them anonymously. 

When someone creates shit like this, the people will eventually revolt and find a way around it. --- Intrnet security --- a true example of an oxy-moron.

One could also thumb their nose at Microsoft and switch to Linux which does not claim any control of your content/data.  The problem is that the masses that are switching to Window 10 because Microsoft pushed an update to Windows 7 and 8 that constantly nags them to upgrade won't be reading a 40 page document; they will click on the recommended by Microsoft easy install and let it go.

Ask yourself why Microsoft, which has bent over backwards to prevent users from using Windows for free; including an activation scheme that often bonked legal copies of Windows, is now willing to give the software away for free.  It is because this current scheme is about data mining to sell to third parties; the idea is to try and get some of the pie that Google has.

Exerpt from Microsoft's Privacy Statement

I'm not sure that the Microsoft surveillance is limited to Win 10

|  "Your privacy is important to us. This privacy statement explains what personal data we collect from you and how we use it. It applies to Bing, Cortana, MSN, Office, OneDrive, Outlook.com, Skype, Windows, Xbox and other Microsoft services that display this statement. References to Microsoft services in this statement include Microsoft websites, apps, software and devices." 

That part about "your privacy is important to us", is a fucking joke.

I'm sorry, but that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life.   Go ahead and block people that use Windows 10, if you want to kill your entire user base.   Do you have any clue how many people use Windows 10 already?   It only has a 5% marketshare now I believe, but you can expect that # to skyrocket.

Why don't you block google chrome too because google participates in Prism while you're at it.    I honestly wonder sometimes when I read forum posts like this. 

I'm not in the habit of defending GG, but clearly, the point she was making flew way over your head.  Read that first line again and pay closer attention to punctuation.  Sorry, you don't get to bash GG after being a member here for a mere week.  If there's any GG bashing to do, that's MY job.

Yeah! So There! and if anyone gets to bash HL, It's me! I'm a master at it... 

noobs, lol

The first line clearly said block windows 10 machines, that's a HORRIBLE suggestion.  Whether you like it or not, windows 10 is going to be the most popular OS within a year.   I hear people complaining about this windows 10 license agreement all the the time, it's not going to change anything, people are going to use windows 10 regardless, that's reality.   Nobody is going to not install an operating system to use a website.  It already almost has half the market share of Windows 8.

There was also a poor example given, Windows isn't going to store patient information for medical records, it happens to be against the law.   There are confidentiality laws that prevent that kind of thing.   They should be more worried about the servers the data is stored on, as if any information ever got stored/leaked, that'd be more likely than microsoft logging it.   And seriously, who uses Internet explorer or edge anyways?   Everyone knows microsoft browsers are garbage.   The only browser that has more abysmal performance for HTML5 is IE11 and down. 

You are still missing the point, but I have no reason to explain it to you.  I have a feeling it would just be a waste of typing. 

 You have at least, paid your dues around here.  Hows things in the auto theft business?