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Software license agreement Windows 10 contrary to the law on privacy

Legal aspects of the license agreement of Windows 10 (PP) are a warning to all users of the OS, according to Comss. When reading the document, the experts found several important points on which focus users. Many of the points of the agreement are contrary to the letter of the law on privacy.

One important aspect of drugs is the intention of Microsoft to collect and preserve the history of visited web pages, passwords to the sites, the names of the access points to which the connected user, and passwords. These data are tied to the Microsoft account and the password can always be hacked or stolen.

U.S. law provides for the disclosure of IT companies information about their customers on demand of the court and the intelligence services. It turns out that users voluntarily collect and send to on the file. Sync data in Windows 10 is enabled by default.

The next problematic point LS – virtual assistant Cortana, which for eyes has been dubbed a “spy”. He has the right to collect all types of data about the user, including fragments of postal correspondence and data about calls. Cortana gets even information such as setting the alarm time and music playlist.

Users hardly wondered why Microsoft was so generous and began to distribute the new OS Windows 10 for free. And all the matter in the over-abundance of advertising. As for the “inventory” users are assigned Advertising ID – identification number, which will be adjusted audience for promotional purposes.

One more important point. The encryption key is also stored at Microsoft. It’s amazing, but if the user who encrypted the data on the device using a standard BitLocker, then the key to access the data would not only him, but also Microsoft. In the Windows 10 license explicitly States that the password will be copied to the server OneDrive, controlled by the company.

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And the most incredible paragraph in the EULA of Windows 10 – you trust Microsoft to manage their data. That is exactly what is stated in the rules: “We will receive, disclose and store personal data, including your content (such as the contents of email correspondence and other private communications data or files in private folder). We sincerely believe that this is necessary to protect our customers, or to ensure compliance with the terms of use”.

That is, Microsoft can make the decision and disclose personal correspondence of man, get local files, or other information. It will be produced by the slightest suspicion of a threat from user activity on the Network.

Be careful. Turn off unnecessary options in the agreement. Information shall be inviolable.

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