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Windows 10 China Government Edition Launched

posted by n1 on Friday May 26 2017, @07:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the all-your-base dept.

butthurt writes:

Windows 10 China Government Edition is a modified version of Windows 10 Enterprise Edition, created in collaboration with the Chinese government over the past two years. This version supposedly boasts bespoke high security for the government and stated-owned entities, while retaining the defining features of Windows 10.

Source: Windows Central

A Microsoft spokesperson said that this is the first time Microsoft has built a custom version of Windows for China.

Source: Fortune

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by looorg on Friday May 26 2017, @07:58PM

    by looorg (578) on Friday May 26 2017, @07:58PM (#516098)

    One would think all those "telemetry features" are still in there, they just added a CC in the report function to send it to the Chinese.

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