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posted by martyb on Friday November 25 2016, @03:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the we're-not-really-watching-you... dept.

Microsoft is now selling third-parties access to its Windows 10 telemetry data via subscription.

Microsoft struck a deal with security company FireEye recently according to a report on Australian news magazin[e] Arn [sic] which gives FireEye access to all Windows 10 Telemetry data.

The report states that FireEye in return will provide Microsoft with the company's iSIGHT Intelligence software for Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection on Windows 10 devices.

[...] Windows Defender is built-in to Windows 10 and enabled by default unless other security software is recognized by the operating system.

[...] The news article suggests that the partnership benefits Microsoft, and specifically the reputation and credibility of the commercial version of Windows Defender.

A press release by FireEye on November 3, 2016 provides additional details on the deal. The company's iSIGHT Intelligence software is available through Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP) but not the free version of Windows Defender.

WDATP customers gain access to several technical indicators that are provided by the software. These include the main motivation of the attacker, related tools, information about target sectors and geographies, and a description of the actor and operation.

According to the report on ARN, security teams may also get their hands on Windows 10 Telemetry data via subscription billing models.

Third-parties will get access to telemetry data of all Windows 10 devices. An overview of what that may include is provided on this Technet page.

Neither FireEye, Microsoft or ARN reveal details on the range of Telemetry data that FireEye gains access to.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by captain_nifty on Friday November 25 2016, @05:17PM

    by captain_nifty (4252) on Friday November 25 2016, @05:17PM (#432904)

    In the world we currently live in, data is an asset, and corporations exist to make money from assets, virtually guaranteeing that any data a corporation has access to WILL be monetized in some manner.

    This used to be done internally, but ever since Facebook, Google, and the other ad networks of the internet age pioneered this method of revenue generation via sharing user info databases, it will not stop.

    If a company has some data on you it will be sold (or shared with trusted third parties i.e. legal speak for sold).

    The lesson should be clear. Limit what information you share with corporations, avoid them if possible, or poison the well with as much false information as you can. At some point people should learn that corporations are often no longer a net benefit to them or society and should die. If corporations are people, my vote is for the death penalty.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 25 2016, @05:40PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 25 2016, @05:40PM (#432913) Journal

    "or poison the well with as much false information as you can. "

    http://www.onlyrealguys.com/90.jpg [onlyrealguys.com]

    Pissing in the well (reservoir) since about 2000! ;^)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @06:03PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @06:03PM (#432925)

      NSFW

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @08:32PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 25 2016, @08:32PM (#432988)

        NSFW

        The link or "Microsoft Windows, now with Telemtry Sharing"?

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @02:09AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @02:09AM (#433073)

          The former, as the latter is NSFL.

  • (Score: 1) by metarox on Friday November 25 2016, @06:16PM

    by metarox (788) on Friday November 25 2016, @06:16PM (#432938) Homepage

    What is needed is a bot/app I can install on my machine that will browse a whitelisted list of websites of all types and randomly click on shit/links/products so that in the end it looks like I like everything in the world and poisons that data well. Make that working randomly at different times daily without going nuts on bandwidth and we'll have a winner. Might be more difficult to pull on a phone, but why not restrict it to wifi only for data caps.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by el_oscuro on Saturday November 26 2016, @12:50AM

      by el_oscuro (1711) on Saturday November 26 2016, @12:50AM (#433056)


      #!/bin/bash
      cat urls.txt | sed -e "s/!PRODUCT_ID!/$RANDOM/" | while read url
      do
          wget $url
      done

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