Windows 10: A Step Back toward 1984 and Big Brother?

[Tryder]

A link to a recent piece of freeware that allows one to disable many Windows 10 tracking mechanisms.

English: http://pxc-coding.com/portfolio/donotspy10/
German: http://pxc-coding.com/de/portfolio/donotspy10/

Apparently it doesn’t take care of everything, but tackles a lot.

[JohnVV]

i NEVER really cared for “freeware” on windows that DOSE NOT have full source code

WAY TOO MANY people have been PWN’ed and FUBAR’ed by so called “freeware”

WHO!!! makes “DoNotSpy10” ??? and WHY!!! should ANYONE even think of installing a unknown program

[Tryder]

I agree with you John, I don’t know much about it myself, caught it on Yahoo’s news reel and thought I’d share. Heh, if it is malware it couldn’t be any worse than Windows 10 itself

[Kinryu]

@Ace Dragon

A couple points here.

• 1). If you use a tablet or are making use of Facebook, corporations have access to your stuff already. It’s simply become the rule nowadays and an OS like Win7 is now the exception.
• 2). The reason why companies use targeted ads and byzantine EULA’s now is not because of vicious intents on the company’s part, it is because it’s one of the few proven ways to maintain revenue during an era where many people simply do not want to pay for software and services anymore (meaning if the corporations stopped advertisements and made the product or service commercial, then people would still complain). People think 99 cents for a mobile app. is too expensive, what is Microsoft to do.

The only real way to bring the respect of privacy back is to convince people that they would be better off paying for upgrades and internet services, but making the premium model viable again will be extremely difficult.

Not an attack on you personally Ace, but this is really drivel. However, there is a serious point in there about professional vs basic users. You can’t convince basic users to pay for “apps” and other junk because they don’t care. The only way you can convince them to use it is to let them have it. Professionals pay a lot of money for their software because it’s vital. A business wants their software to work with minimal effort, they will gladly pay any amount for that. So will a professional.

Microsoft has decided to cater towards basic users more in Win10 because they are finding a balance where they can profit off of professionals AND basic users. I deeply dislike this but it is NOT because nobody pays these systems and services. Microsoft wants the greatest percentage of users profitable end of story. You can oppose this by switching to Linux/Ubuntu etc or be active in the community that opposes Microsoft’s current practices.

I feel your inclusion of facebook, tablets, EULAs and targeted ads really dilutes the conversation, but I believe I understand your underlying point.