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Consumers sue Microsoft, allege Windows 10 upgrade destroyed data, damaged PCs

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Mar

2017

Three people from Illinois last week sued Microsoft, claiming that the free Windows 10 upgrade they had installed on their PCs caused “data loss and damage to their computers.” Lawyers for the trio asked a Chicago federal court Thursday to grant the case class-action status, which would allow other Americans to join the litigation.

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Reality check: How Windows 10’s new privacy controls stack up

17

Jan

2017

With Windows 10, Microsoft has raised user data tracking to new levels. Worse, Microsoft has been reticent to divulge what it’s collecting and exactly how it uses that gathered data, further blurring the thin line it’s walking between telemetry and snooping. In fact, Microsoft’s unwillingness to share details about the user data it gathers from […]

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EFF warily applauds Windows 10’s data collection changes

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Jan

2017

Recent concessions by Microsoft in the data its Windows 10 “phones home” to company servers won cautious praise from one critic this week. “The changes were very welcome from our perspective,” said Maul Kaila, legal intake coordinator at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in an interview Wednesday. “They were definitely needed.” Read More

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