French government, tinfoil hats and objections to Microsoft Windows 10 privacy intrusions
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It was almost exactly one year ago that I followed and posted in a discussion here concerned (well, more outraged by some, dismissed by others) about the unprecedented collection of personal data by Microsoft with their Windows 10 service (I won't call it an operating system): [Does the world realize Windows...] Well, I am surprised to see that the French government have donned their tinfoil hats and have insisted Microsoft make changes to Win10 to conform to their privacy laws. Microsoft, responding with their usual Orwellian flair, has now announced new tools to help users clear information such as browsing and search history, location activity and Cortana Notebook. MS has also made privacy settings a clear part of the initial setup process for 10 and eliminated their "Enhanced" data collection level. They add further that they will not use the contents of your email, chat, files and pictures to target ads to you (admitting implicitly that they still collect all of that data).