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Originally Posted by ApK
Unless you built a personal cloud system for the purpose, I think the point was that the email draft is in someone's server, so they clearly have possession of that data and some way to know it's yours.
Thought I disagree that that rather tautological fact is comparable to what the article is describing.
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I didn't really have much time when I fired off that point, so I will expand on it.
I think the fundamental difference is that an email client is downloaded and installed for the express purpose of
processing user data, and relaying it through e.g. the Gmail servers.
Duckie seems to be indicating that email is a proof of justification for
collecting user data, as a reward for processing it.
The latter is what Win10 is doing, and it certainly isn't a necessary addon to the former -- as evidenced by the fact that even Google doesn't do it!
(They MUST serve as a relay, but not being suicidal they have an actual privacy policy worth mentioning the existence of. Which is important when you are specifically handling peoples' private emails.)
Now, at least the Win10 <--> Google Search comparison was realistic enough that I could read it without actually falling off my chair laughing.
But I don't really think they are in the same position, since getting away from Win10 is nontrivial (many people are scared of tech and most of the rest still can't boot from a USB if their life depends on it), and it is difficult to
get a computer with something else. (Windows 7 is going to become increasingly hard to get. Mac is a relative fortune, Chromebooks lack functionality, both have limited availability, and MS-vendor deals have effectively locked out most of the market from
attempting to compete with them, unless you happen to be Apple or Google.)
tl;dr
People concerned about Windows 10 privacy are
NOT driveling idiots for caring.