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Old Aug 4, 2015, 3:45 pm
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Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
I've been reading lots about Win 1o the past few days from many sources. While below isn't the one that got me interested, it does sum everything up.

Lots of potential privacy invasion (more than Win 8/8.1). Also Win 10 is set up be default to use your Win 10 computer as an upgrade and update distribution server (something called WUDO) unless you turn it off.

http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...plug_them.html
Well it does ask you right away after the upgrade what info you want to share. I just turned most of mine to....dont share.

The Windows update thing...from my understanding, its to allow a machine on your home network which has downloaded the update to send that to other machines in your home network...

To each their own...
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