Microsoft Explains: “We Are Not Spying On You With Windows 10”. Ever since the Windows 10 has been launched, the final iteration of Windows has been under the radar of experts’ vigilant eyes. It always has been said that Microsoft is spying on us through the privacy setting, whether it was rumor or not is yet to find out. The new features of Windows 10 were always overshadowed by privacy concerns and fears.
On Monday, Microsoft decided to clear out all of this issue by releasing the official statement regarding this issue. Microsoft executive Vice president Terry Myerson in a post on Windows.com has explained how Microsoft is concerned about the user privacy in Windows 10.
In his blog post, Myerson said, “maintaining our privacy is an incredibly important topic to each of us. Thus we welcome the questions and the feedback we’ve received since launching Windows 10.”
We have already made everything clear.
He said that from the very first day of the release of Windows 10, his company has made clear that Windows 10 will be collecting some of your data to make your experience much better and it also allows you to choose what information is obtained from your computer.
Your information is secure and encrypted.
Myerson has highlighted the fact that the information collected is encrypted in transit to the Microsoft servers and then stored in secure facilities. The data collection is done to make the user experience much reliable, and this includes an anonymous device ID, application crash data and device type. The data collected is used by Microsoft and its partners to improve your experience not for spying on you and to take your data from your computer.
We collect anonymous data, not your names or ID.
The company outlines, “This doesn’t include any of your content or files, and we take several steps to avoid collecting any information that directly identifies you, such as your name, email address or account ID.”
We don’t read your emails and files.
Myerson says that no matter what privacy option you select, Microsoft and Windows 10 are very far from scanning the contents of your emails, chats, files or folders to deliver you targeted advertising.
Cortana has customization options; you can turn it off.
Addressing the Cortana concerns, the blog post says that you are asked to turn it on the right in the start for getting more personalized information along with additional privacy options.
The upcoming update will fix the child-parent feedback
Windows 10 default features send activity data to a parent. The similar concerns were raised, and the company has said that an upcoming update to the family features will improve the default settings to make them more appropriate and more comfortable for the younger users.
We value your opinions.
The company said that it is committed to working on all the reported issues and the Windows community should take part in the feedback process. The company’s insider program is a step in the same direction.
Thus, we can conclude that Microsoft is not spying us through Windows 10; they are just collecting some of the encrypted data to make your experience in Microsoft better.