wraggster
August 26th, 2012, 12:34
Microsoft has denied Windows 8 SmartScreen is spying (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/25/windows8_smartscreen_spying/) after research by Nadim Kobeissi (http://log.nadim.cc/?p=78) indicated otherwise (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/08/24/1512224/windows-8-tells-microsoft-about-everything-you-install)."Whether it's "spying" or not, Microsoft is collecting certain information with SmartScreen — the key is what's done with it: The article quotes a Microsoft spokesperson: "We don’t use this data to identify, contact or target advertising to our users and we don’t share it with third parties."
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/08/25/2248252/microsoft-denies-windows-8-app-spying-via-smartscreen
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/08/25/2248252/microsoft-denies-windows-8-app-spying-via-smartscreen