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thescrewdriver | 10 years ago

I doubt there are enough people who care. Google has already proved that seemingly benevolent spying is a highly profitable business model. Most people aren't bothered, or even know, that they are being "Scroogled". Microsoft is just following suite. Sadly it seems to be a sign of things to come.

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flurpitude|10 years ago

The potential big difference here is that it affects people's work computers, where they do things for organizations that have a strong interest in keeping information from leaking out. Such companies probably were never happy with corporate data passing through Android smartphones, and might have forbidden it. Now they know they can't trust Windows workstations either.

yuhong|10 years ago

Win10 enterprise has the no telemetry option for a reason.

amlgsmsn|10 years ago

And don't some of the same companies store all their company documents, email etc. on Google Apps? Or on Dropbox?