Proof that Windows 10 Enterprise ignores user privacy settings

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Published onMay 22, 2017

published onMay 22, 2017

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Recent user reports suggest that Windows 10 Enterprise ignores various privacy settings. According to Mark Burnett, an independent IT security analyst, the OS lets users enable their preferred privacy settings only to ignore them after the fact:

More specifically, here’s what Burnett found out:

Ultimately, Microsoft doesn’t honor it’s ownGroup Policy settings. For more details about this strange Windows 10 Enterprise behavior, you can check outMark Burnett Twitter page. You’ll also find screenshots for all the privacy issues listed above as well.

Windows 10 users have been constantly worrying about Windows 10’s privacy settings and Burnett’s report only confirms their worst fears, suggesting that Microsoft is actively defying its users’ wishes.

I’m really glad that people do research like this. It’s possibly the only thing that pushes back against full abuse of large organizations selling a complex product. The average expert user doesn’t have resources to investigate not to mention non-expert users.

Burnett’s discoveries have also caused quite a stir onRedditas well. Microsoft has yet to issue any comments on this situation.

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Proof that Windows 10 Enterprise ignores user privacy settings