This modifies the amount of harsh, blue light emitted from your iPhone screen throughout the day in order to improve the quality of your sleep. Instead it will be restricted to users of the Professional, Education and Enterprise editions of Windows, which already have options for deferring updates. The company’s latest changes are clearly created to address some of these concerns, but we’ll have to wait until the Creators Update is available in April to see whether Microsoft has truly addressed all of the EFF’s concerns. “We are continuing this commitment to make it as easy as possible for you to make informed choices about your privacy with Windows 10”, wrote Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Windows and Devices, in a blog post.
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What are your thoughts about the Windows 10 Preview Build 15002? It also has “device performance and health scans”. This option also includes basic error reporting back to Microsoft.
The first change is a new, more explicit installation routine that will provide more obvious options for setting up your privacy settings. Either way, the company has every reason to leave this loophole quietly open – every machine that upgrades is one more machine that’s now tied to Microsoft’s Windows-as-a-service delivery system. A wizard will then be started to guide the user through the process. Furthermore, you also are allowed to choose if you want to update drivers in these Windows 10 updates or not. “While it may be that these were the only updates Microsoft had ready for release, another possibility is that they aimed for a minimal patch release to give them time to finalize the transition to the new Security Updates Guide”, he said.
In addition Windows Ink and personal digital assistant Cortan also improved. For instance, Microsoft addressed a blurring effect that was occurring. The idea: Delay large downloads that would exhaust the month’s supply of allowed data until the user is in a location – a public hotspot, say – where the Internet can be accessed without penalty.
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Microsoft today launched a privacy dashboard that lets you manage and review all the activity data collected about you through its various products and services. This means, no more annoying force automatic updates. Now Microsoft is now expanding that capability to wired Ethernet connections, if wanted. You can see how this will work in the screenshot below.
