Windows 10 Spyware~~~

[MrJim]

~~anything about this accusation true?

http://8ch.net/n/res/102018.html

"Microsoft has done it again

> Microsoft owns Pando Networks, famous for the malware/botnet Pando Media Booster.

> Windows Update in Windows 10 utilizes P2P by default, most likely the same P2P technology used by Pando Media Booster.

> Essentially it turns your PC into a zombie host server, wasting your bandwidth serving updates to other computers.

> This also means Windows Update might be utilized later to spread malware through the P2P system via 0days."

 

[MrJim]

 

[pgp_protector]

1) P2P != Spyware
2) It's optional
3) I like the idea of only needing to download updates ONCE to my network, and allowing my computer to then host them for the rest of my home network.

 

[paul1149]

If pgp's 3rd point accurately describes the limits of the feature, it's a good thing indeed. I've done hundreds of Windows full updates offline, for the purpose of saving bandwidth as well as for speed.

But aside from work, I am largely done with Windows and Microsoft. This business about mandatory Win10 updates was the final straw. That hands control of my machine over to "keyloggin" MS, to do whatever it wishes until caught doing it. I have a responsibility not to agree to that. MS certainly has not earned my trust to any significant extent.

Yes, there is a tool to turn off the mandatory updates. But there is no guarantee it will work with Win10 RTM, and there is no guarantee MS will not intentionally break it at some time in the future. 12 years of product life is a long time.

After searching some two dozen distros, I am happy to have found LinuxLite. The interface is very much like Windows 7, and it performs wonderfully even on older or smaller hardware, enjoys widespread ubuntu support, is an aesthetic joy, and with WINE will run almost any Windows-based program. I put LL on three older units that were either performing badly with Windows or lacked the proper Windows license, and each time the result was little short of spectacular. The last friend I did this for was ecstatic.

As things went, as I was thinking about all this, my own computer lost its mind this morning. After a blue screen it literally forgot who it was, reverting back to its old Vista name from years ago, and developing all manner of low-level faults. It clearly was time for a reinstall, one way or the other.

Moving forward, "the other" won. I'm now running LinuxLite on my main tower, and it's smooth, solid and pretty. MS's highly suspect practices finally drove me off the fence.

(If EphesiansNZ is still here, I trust he's happy!)

 

[pgp_protector]

One thing I'm worried about with the win 10 upgrade on my system (haven't decided if i'll pull the trigger on my dev system yet.) is it's a dual boot system.

And getting it to work with secure boot was a Pain in the neck.

 

[Aviela]

After reading this thread...I found this option on Windows 10.



Btw, thanks for starting this thread!!! ...appreciated.