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Windows 8 reports every program you install, but theres a darn good reason.


This got posted on my website for some odd reason by some News Bot. So I might share with you guys.

Windows 8 includes a whole raft of features designed to make it the most secure Microsoft desktop OS ever. One of those features is the retooled SmartScreen, which it turns out is reporting back to Redmond with details about every piece of software you install on your computer. Coder Nadim Kobeissi blogged about the privacy [...]


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That's good, but there should be an option if you want to do it due to privacy.
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wow thats good ....
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thats not good what if i dont want it to rpeort it :/
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MeganF0X wrote thats not good what if i dont want it to rpeort it :/
Hopefully there will be an option to not let it report...
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This may be good and bad in some circumstances...
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This is more bad than good
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i agree! if i download porn i don't want windows 8 to report it. :trollin:
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This is bad, although I don't think Windows 8 will be the next "popular" OS. All it does is add a dashboard, which is next to useless. Me? I'm sticking to Linux.
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This isn't going to do much. Once Hackers are determined to do damage, they will find a way to get passed this.

But There should be some privacy, looks like there isn't. Unless i'm reading it wrong lol.
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