Another privacy issue interconnected with Microsoft’s latest Cortana feature in Windows 10, which not only asked for user’s private information, but also for monitoring it on a routine basis.
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Technically, the license agreement isn’t for Windows 10, but it applies to you if you have a Microsoft account or use Cortana, the new Windows 10 smart assistant (one of the operating system’s most-hyped features). However, in recent hours TechPowerUp reported that this agreement covers only “Microsoft Services”, therefore for the moment software from other companies remains excluded from this “scan”. The process of Windows 10 automatically checking the game versions downloaded as well as configurations can be inevitably disabled by the software.
Planning to download Microsoft Windows 10 then beware it comes with another warning and this time it is for the pirated games or counterfeit software on your system.
Pirated games are clearly mentioned, however, no clarification is issued on unauthorised hardware.
The updated Boot Camp will also enable its users to simply upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in case you have these versions already running on your machine. However, there hasn’t been any clarification on what is meant by unauthorised hardware. The company released another emergency update on August 11 which offered security patches for a number of Microsoft products.
The update is available through Windows Update, and will have been installed automatically if you have auto updates enabled. Following some wording changes, headlines began to appear screaming out that Microsoft had granted itself permission to trawl through your computer, disabling counterfeit software and hardware. As Microsoft puts it, this is part of “building and delivering Windows as a service”.
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Microsoft has pushed out an emergency patch for Internet Explorer after a vulnerability was found that allows attackers to control PCs.
