Microsoft’s enterprise products covertly gather personal data on users
The base version of Windows 10, their flagship product (if not in terms of revenue, then mindshare) is stuffed full of adverts and defaults on about 6+ options related to telemetry the last time I installed a VM.<p>I think it would benefit large companies like Microsoft to realise that this sort of behaviour has knock-on effects. Every MS product is tainted by this because it ultimately has effects on trust.<p>If it&#x27;s not making them, or can&#x27;t be linked to, significant amounts of revenue, it would surely be beneficial in terms of customer numbers to stop doing this. Why?<p>I don&#x27;t understand, or believe, that they&#x27;re making significant amounts from this. It feels like bean-counter style decision making that doesn&#x27;t take in to account the wider picture.<p>Anyone from MS willing to chime in?