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posted by martyb on Wednesday August 26 2015, @06:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the sunshine-is-the-best-disinfectant dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by EQ on Thursday August 27 2015, @02:36PM

    by EQ (1716) on Thursday August 27 2015, @02:36PM (#228589)

    Really HairyFeet? Did you actually read the article at the link or just skim it? Your comment is misleading. Here' ill post a verbatim quote

    This information is based upon the Windows 10 desktop versions released July 29, 2015 ...

    Notes for Surface 3 and Surface 3 Pro users:
    The Safe and Tweaked configurations assume a desktop environment as I do not own either device and cannot extensively test the configurations on them.
    How I obtained the default service settings was by going into a local Best Buy and taking pictures of the service settings with my phone. Seriously. As such, they may not be “completely” accurate, but it is the best that I can do without spending a couple thousand dollars on the retail products. I thought about exploiting their (Best Buy, that is) 14 day no questions asked return policy, but decided to whip out my phone’s camera instead.

    Furthermore, there is this:

    These entries are exported directly from the registry of a default Windows 10 installation.
    They are in the .reg file format (many entries are in hex notation), not as you would actually view the content via regedit.exe.

    The latter pretty much shows he does have a Win10 desktop set up, from which the reg files were exported. Did you get that? The whole "camera" thing applies ONLY to the service settings on a Surface device. Not a PC desktop Win10. All the others are done on a desktop computer. I suggest you read the whole thing and recant your post or at least post a response clarifying it so its not so misleading. The one talking out his ass here is clearly you.

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