Interesting, I’m still running Win7 and do not allow automatic updates but following the article’s info I just checked and the CEIP was turned on. Since I didn’t add it and didn’t authorize it, there may actually be something to this. Of course, I’m in the 60+, electronics challenged generation so it could just be me!
There is a very clear option for CEIP at initial setup for both Windows 7 and 8.1. However(and I’m doing this from memory)the way it’s worded may not really clue most people into what it means. I think it is worded along the lines of “Microsoft collects information to improve the Windows experience. The is no personally identifiable information collected for this program...” I would assume most people don’t really take the time to understand the option or program.