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Re: [LUG] Windows 10 being downloaded "Just in case"
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Windows 10 being downloaded "Just in case"
- From: Adrian Midgley <amidgley@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:12:09 +0000
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The media mentions of "the dark web" are preparation for the owners of online services to require us to pay them in order to talk or exchange data with each other. Mediated through our large business-friendly government.
On 11/09/15 13:55, lug@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 11:57:27 +0100, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> There is also the matter of those little check boxes we usually see
>> 'Do not share my information with third parties'. My bet is that MS
>> intend to replace the revenue from not selling Windows individually
>> with selling databases of customer information. Given the size of the
>> Windows userbase that could be extremely lucrative.
>>
> Google/Facebook/MS don't need to sell your information to anyone else
> because they have the scale to exploit it themselves. For instance, if
> MS knows from your web searches and email that you are looking for a new
> car how much would a big car manufacturer pay them to have an ad on your
> desktop?
>
> Kevin
>
Fair point. I inadvisedly mentioned the make and model of my new car on
Facebook and was plagued for months with adverts for it. Intensely
annoying quite apart from the logic gap 'Why would I want a new one when
I've just bought one?'
Julian
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