Jo22 wrote:Speaking of telemetry, yes, that's how it should be. Unfortunately, IPv6 and MAC addresses make it quite possible to identify a person's device.
MAC addresses do not traverse past routers. IP addresses - yes, but then the answer to that should be - you should stop using the internet altogether because it can be used to identify you!
Certain things are inevitable. Yes, your IP is exposed when Windows collects telemetry, but not in any different way that when you browse VOGONS! The question is - who collects that data and why. If someone says that they don't use it to identify you (which is not always easy anyways), then you either trust them, or you don't use their products. From the first moment Windows had TCP/IP capabilities, Microsoft had access to your IP. Nothing has changed in Windows 10 in this regard, except the number of paranoia-spewing garbage articles on the internet.
Jo22 wrote:Now if a person uses several different accounts, by different services -which quite normal nowadays (facebook, amazon, etc)- on that device,
from which only one is registered to a name, then it is quite possible that over time this person get nasty personalized ads with the person's name in them.
Ads related to interests he/she was allegedly looking for in other services.
All this is and was possible for years now. This has nothing to do with the telemetry Microsoft collects for its own purposes.
Jo22 wrote:Not that this an entirely bad thing per se, but I among many other users belive that at least someone's Personal Computer should stay a personal thing.
And that a user should be allowed to decide him-/herself how much or less service he needs (prior Windows releases sent less telemetry by far).
Again, telemetry has nothing to do with privacy.
Jo22 wrote:It's already enough that Android with GPS disabled can conclude a device's location via WiFi, bluetooth and radio cells.
And by logging other users' devices when passing by (a bit like Nintendo's 3DS feature Streetpass). If location and time of user A is know when they met,
then the location of user B is, too.
Indeed all this is correct, but they don't change the fundamental truth, that you have to have certain level of trust towards the corporation whose device you use. You have to trust Microsoft that when they say that they don't store any personal information collected via telemetry channels, that they really don't. You have to trust Google that when you turn off location tracking in your Android device, it really stops tracking (even though it obviously still has the ability). If you don't trust them, you should not use their products.
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