Don't mind that a few comments down on the HN thread there's a clear quote of the W10 privacy policy where MS says it sends your text and voice back home.
I'm well aware of what the privacy policy says, and personally I don't like it and don't use Windows 10. On the other hand, clearly other people do find some of these convenience features useful, and to provide those features some data is going to get sent from their computers to Microsoft that I personally wouldn't be happy to share in that way. Reasonable people can differ on what they are willing to accept in this respect.
However, I think the issue we're talking about here is what Windows 10 is actually doing right now. If Windows 10 is in fact hoovering up huge amounts of potentially sensitive data and sending it home without the user being aware of and agreeing to it, that is of concern whatever the privacy policy says and deserves to be publicised.
Well, so let's talk about what W10 is doing right now.
You are dismissing what somebody claimed to see W10 doing, because you don't think the source is trustworthy. Fair enough, but the privacy policy claims the exact same thing.
Now you are claiming that the privacy policy is just some fictitious document where MS writes every kind of stuff their client won't like to read, but they also won't bother practicing? Despite evidence (weak that it may be) that they are practicing it right now?
I'm not dismissing anything. I just pointed out that the exact source someone was citing itself leads with a warning that the original source is currently unverified and has been repeatedly challenged, which I thought was worthwhile since the HN poster citing it didn't mention that significant detail.
I'm also making no claims about the privacy policy being fictional or any of the other stuff you just made up.
Please stop putting words into my fingers that weren't even remotely there. It makes intelligent discussion impossible.
