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thewayneI came across this on Slashdot a week ago. Quite interesting and it could have MAJOR effects on privacy, more specifically on whistle-blowing. If a whistleblower is secretly releasing negative information about the government, and their computer is leaking information all over the place, this could be quite bad for the whistler.
Windows 10 has the potential for undermining Tor and other proxy services. I know Tor is going through a redevelopment with other Tor-like systems forking off it, I'm sure they'll be factoring this in.
Overall, for my personal use, I think I'm going to stick with Windows 7 until I'm forced off it. But since all I'm doing with it is SQL Server and Access, that's no big deal.
Some smaller pirate sites have become concerned about Windows 10 system phoning home too many hints regarding that the users are accessing their site. Therefore, the pirate administrators have started blocking Windows 10 users from accessing the BitTorrent trackers that the sites host. The first ones to hit the alarm button were iTS, which have posted a statement and started redirecting Windows 10 users to a YouTube video called Windows 10 is a Tool to Spy on Everything You Do. Additionally, according to TorrentFreak, two other similar dark web torrent trackers are also considering following suit. "As we all know, Microsoft recently released Windows 10. You as a member should know, that we as a site are thinking about banning the OS from FSC," said one of the FSC staff. Likewise, in a message to their users, a BB admin said something similar: "We have also found [Windows 10] will be gathering information on users' P2P use to be shared with anti piracy group."
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/23/1231254/underground-piracy-sites-want-to-block-windows-10-users
Windows 10 has the potential for undermining Tor and other proxy services. I know Tor is going through a redevelopment with other Tor-like systems forking off it, I'm sure they'll be factoring this in.
Overall, for my personal use, I think I'm going to stick with Windows 7 until I'm forced off it. But since all I'm doing with it is SQL Server and Access, that's no big deal.
Some smaller pirate sites have become concerned about Windows 10 system phoning home too many hints regarding that the users are accessing their site. Therefore, the pirate administrators have started blocking Windows 10 users from accessing the BitTorrent trackers that the sites host. The first ones to hit the alarm button were iTS, which have posted a statement and started redirecting Windows 10 users to a YouTube video called Windows 10 is a Tool to Spy on Everything You Do. Additionally, according to TorrentFreak, two other similar dark web torrent trackers are also considering following suit. "As we all know, Microsoft recently released Windows 10. You as a member should know, that we as a site are thinking about banning the OS from FSC," said one of the FSC staff. Likewise, in a message to their users, a BB admin said something similar: "We have also found [Windows 10] will be gathering information on users' P2P use to be shared with anti piracy group."
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/08/23/1231254/underground-piracy-sites-want-to-block-windows-10-users
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Date: 2015-08-30 03:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-08-30 04:14 pm (UTC)Personally, I think I'd trap outbound traffic on my router and watch what it sends and to where, then do some judicious blocking. Obviously not for the faint of heart. But you'd need to repeat the analysis after every major upgrade to make sure they're not dodging around your blocks.
Another thing about 10 -- they're not giving detailed information about patches, and it is auto-patching. So you never know precisely what they're doing to your system.
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Date: 2015-08-30 04:59 pm (UTC)