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Privacy Issues

Sep 16, 2015 11:47AM PDT

I am running activated, stand alone of Windows 10 Pro. The problem I have with it, is that I had a lot of the privacy issues with it, so I changed many settings to off for more privacy and the next Windows updates, there were set back to on and I had bad privacy again... You say that, I'm not a bad person, do you do banking or use credit cards on the internet, then beware !!!
Also malware, adware, spyware, and misc, This is what not turning certain settings off can do... On your internet browsers (Firefox and Google Chome), you can use WOT (Web of Trust), Adblock Plus, Flag, these are add on's...
I believe, that people with less savvy, should wait 6 or 8 months to let Microsoft get some of the bugs out and more updates. You can get Windows 10 free for 1 year from July 29, 2015 to July 29, 2016
Ken -- The Computer Hobbyist

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Not happening here. BUT I use a local login.
Sep 16, 2015 11:55AM PDT

Are you using the new email login? Many of the settings go back to make the sync work.

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Windows 10 is no worse then Google
Sep 16, 2015 12:24PM PDT

Apple or even Windows 7 now. Well the new Windows as a service MS will be applying fixes and adding new things and there will never be a point where it's 100% bug free. They had many people testing Windows 10 before it was released so it may have less bugs on release date compared to 6 months down the road.

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do like me
Sep 16, 2015 12:24PM PDT

go to Linux Mint instead of selling yourself to Microsoft windows 10. A big sigh of relief when you realize nobody is peeking over your shoulder and nobody wants you to "activate" or get frozen after 30 days and everything just runs fast.