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Old 09-01-2015, 09:55 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by trfour View Post
Actually multiple people have used network sniffers to observe Windows 10 machines reporting back to Microsoft on things like Internet searches, what programs you're launching, etc.

I don't have a way to test this myself (no Win10 installs and don't feel like setting up a VM just to test this), but I've seen enough data online to feel that there is no benefit to upgrading to Win10, and a lot of potential risk.

The same Win10 "logging" functions are being slipped into Win7 and Win8 updates as well.
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