We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to.
EFF, where are you?
Source: Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made | Network World
From August 2015
Update Dec. 24 12:05 pm ET: Many more iPhone users have come forward on Twitter claiming that they are having connectivity issues related to iOS 12.1.2. Apple is advising some to try to update their carrier settings using this guide.
Source: iPhone Owners Irate After iOS Update Bricks Cellular Data
An operating system that runs on millions of different hardware configurations is not a service. It can’t be updated as easily, and you’ll run into issues with hardware, drivers, and software when you change things. The upgrade process isn’t instant and transparent—it’s a big download and can take a while to install.
The technique does not allow a hacker to remotely infect a computer unless that computer has been foolishly left exposed on the Internet without a password.
Source: Researcher finds simple way of backdooring Windows PCs and nobody notices for ten months | ZDNet
Since registry keys are also boot persistent, any modifications made to an account’s RID remain permanent, or until fixed.
However, the biggest problem has been with the deletion of user files located in the C:/Users/[username]/Documents/ folder.
Source: Microsoft pulls Windows 10 October Update (version 1809) | ZDNet
This statistic shows the operating system market share worldwide on Desktop PCs 2013-2018. In February 2018, the OS market share of the Windows operating system range was at 82.55 percent.
“This potential vulnerability requires a Keeper user to be lured to a malicious website while logged into the browser extension, and then fakes user input by using a ‘clickjacking’ technique to execute privileged code within the browser extension,” said Craig Lurey, co-founder and CTO of Keeper Security.
Source: Windows 10 Bundles a Password Manager. Password Manager Bundles a Security Flaw
But there are worse offenders. Microsoft’s service agreement is a monstrous 12,000 words in length, about the size of a novella. And who reads those, right? Well, here’s one excerpt from Microsoft’s terms of use that you might want to read:
We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to.
Imagine running your favorite Windows applications and drivers in an open-source environment you can trust. That’s ReactOS. Not just an Open but also a Free operating system.
Source: Front Page | ReactOS Project
Ok, maybe not…but its very likely that if you are reading this and find yourself needing to SSH here and there, you also use GIT. Well many are unaware that git for windows bundles several Linux familiar tools. Many might use these in the git bash shell.
Source: Need an SSH client on Windows? Don’t use Putty or CygWin…use Git — Hurry Up and Wait!