Personally, I think the Windows 10 privacy thing is a bunch pf hype generated by the paranoid and the anti-Microsoft crew here. Windows 10 doesn’t put any of your files in the cloud unless you copy them to the OneDrive folder (OneDrive is the cloud storage service that MS offers). Don’t want them in the cloud? Then don’t put the files there, just leave them wherever you store then now. It’s funny to hear all this FUD over it from people who routinely use DropBox or AppleDrive, both cloud storage systems, without a second thought.
The other area I have heard privacy concerns is over the Cortana search feature in Windows 10. While I don’t know all the details on this, I do believe that it does use your search history on the computer to try and improve search results. I do know you can totally shut that off.
If you have concerns, I would recommend that you check out this web page, which has links to lots of more info:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-privacy-faq
And full disclaimer - I work for Microsoft (but everything I post is my personal opinion, and does not necessarily represent the position of Microsoft).
Last I checked, MS had around 80,000 employees, all happily using Windows 10, at work and at home. We wouldn’t be doing that if it were funneling our private info to some nefarious government org. JMHO.
Thank you for the link, and the full disclosure.
I do not plan on upgrading my current equipment, but this is the year for some replacement hardware. I have been considering Win10, but also looking at Linux with windows VM for some tasks.
I work in the aerospace software industry.
Yep, just like govt, “Trust us, we’re from Microsoft. We’ve looked into it ourselves and found nothing wrong.”
Yep, changing that settling today may work, but another feature/patch may change it w/out your knowledge (or you clicking the other 20+ ‘OK’ confirmations).
Sorry, I don’t trust anything that’s plugged into the ‘net and has reporting ‘features’ turned ON by default.