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Microsoft Gives Third-Parties Access to Windows 10 Telemetry Data

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

Celestial writes:

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: 1) by RS3 on Saturday November 26 2016, @06:06PM

    by RS3 (6367) on Saturday November 26 2016, @06:06PM (#433322)

    You're forgetting Xfce. I use it daily, and can make it look like anything from Win2K to Gnome 2.x (y'know, before it went full on can't even count to potato), and it actually does an amazing Mac imitation with Docky, Compiz/Emerald, and the TopMenu plugin.
    Xfce is the best DE there is right now.

    I agree 100%. Full disclosure- after finding xfce a few years ago, I've stopped trying other window managers, so I can't speak to them, except when/where they're the default such as with CentOS (which I rarely run in GUI mode). 10 or so years ago I got into and loved kde, and I still like it, but it got too big, loaded too many processes that I didn't want or need, I wasted too much time finding and disabling all that unwanted stuff, etc. Somehow I stumbled into xfce, found it runs all my beloved kde apps, very easy to customize, stable, simple, consistent across updates, etc.

  • (Score: 2) by gottabeme on Sunday November 27 2016, @11:30PM

    by gottabeme (1531) on Sunday November 27 2016, @11:30PM (#433819)

    KDE 3.5 lives on as TDE! Works great on current distros! Give it a try! :)