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So far this is only in Switzerland, but there is every reason to suppose it will come up in Germany and other countries. In Switzerland, on the request of the Pirate Party, the governmental data protection office is having a look at Windows 10 (article in German, Here is a Google translation).
If the office determines that Windows 10 violates Swiss privacy laws, they can recommend changes to Windows 10. If Microsoft were to refuse to make those changes, the office would have the option of banning Windows 10 within the country. As the article points out, a similar process forced Google to make substantial changes to StreetView, so it can be effective.
Personal opinion: Switzerland is too small by itself. However, if the Pirate Party in Germany, France and elsewhere could initiate similar actions, Europe as a whole could force real change. And, hey, it will show that the Pirate Party hasn't totally lost its way.
Original Submission
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Hairyfeet on Thursday August 27 2015, @06:26AM
This is what irritates me about those that attack the Windows 10 spying and then in the very same breath offers Chromebooks and Android tablets as a viable alternative...DaFuq? Don't they realize that Google's entire business relies on datamining and that they have been stealing from MSFT's playbook for years, from OEM contracts that would make Ballmer blush to pulling a EEE with Android [arstechnica.com] with the end goal of making it about as open as a TiVo, all you are doing when you choose Google products over MSFT's is trading one master for another as they have become two sides of the same coin.
Frankly everybody needs to be spamming the hell out of links showing how much spying Windows does, because if we can't turn the masses off of Win 10 like we did with win 8? Then two out of three major OSes will be spyware and the third a 'locked down soldered to the board' system that only isn't so deep into the spying because they are making insane profit margins on the hardware side.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.