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Microsoft Begins Selling Windows 10 Telemetry →

December 12, 2016 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Corporate Evil, Cruft, Data Security, Feet of Clay, Information Security, Marketing Gone Wild, Right to Privacy, Demise of Privacy

News, of Microsoft Corporation (NasdaqGS: MSFT) selling of customer telemetry on Windows 10 has come to light via Martin Kauffman on GHacks. Martin superlatively details the phenomenal audacity of Microsoft in the matter of selling usage information; and, while not surprising, just another indicator of the onerous feet-of-clay syndrome now evident in Redmond. Oh, and by-the-way, the data being shared is with a security firm, simply astounding. As always, you be the judge.

December 12, 2016 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Corporate Evil, Cruft, Data Security, Feet of Clay, Information Security, Marketing Gone Wild, Right to Privacy, Demise of Privacy

Meanwhile, in Barbie News...

February 19, 2015 by Marc Handelman in Blatant Stupidity, Marketing Gone Wild

A WIFI enabled Barbie? A Barbie that can converse with your children? Will this spawn a new security sub-genre? What could possible go wrong? Today's MustRead in the Blatant Stupidity category.

February 19, 2015 /Marc Handelman
Blatant Stupidity, Marketing Gone Wild