What level of text data does Windows store and potentially upload to Microsoft?

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  • Le_Kirk
    Le_Kirk Posts: 22,278 Forumite
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    gabriel73195 wrote: »
    Is there any truth in the notion that if you have the privacy settings set in a certain way that every single word you type on Windows 10 gets sent up to the Microsoft servers and stored forever?
    If it was true, Microsoft would already have "fixed" Windows 10 given the number of complaints, especially about updates, that are typed into Google.
  • Jon_01
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    According to the conspiracy theories anyone with an iPhone is being listened to all the time. That's why the CIA/NSA/FBI/ made Apple make it with a none removable battery.
  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    Le_Kirk wrote: »
    Central Intelligence Agency with that grammatical error!

    Either you've mis-read (the CIA allegedly responded to the comment - they didn't make the original comment), or you're commenting on the fact that the word Intelligence in their name looks odd in their response. (Hard to tell if it's a capital or small letter I).

    Which is it? The latter I hope, else the joke's on you. ;)
  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 2,619 Forumite
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    gabriel73195 wrote: »
    Is there any truth in the notion that if you have the privacy settings set in a certain way that every single word you type on Windows 10 gets sent up to the Microsoft servers and stored forever?
    Nope
    gabriel73195 wrote: »
    What about if you use your voice to speak to Cortana, does every word you utter into the microphone get permanently stored in the Microsoft servers?
    Nope.
  • Blackbeard_of_Perranporth
    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth Posts: 7,605 Forumite
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    I can verify that my phone pad box thing does not listen when the current Mrs Blackbeard rings!
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »
    I can verify that my phone pad box thing does not listen when the current Mrs Blackbeard rings!


    But is the current Mrs Blackbeard listening when the previous Mrs Blackbeard rings? :D
  • droopsnoot
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    Have you any idea how much storage that would take?


    I keep some old junk that ought to be thrown out, but this notion takes hoarding to the next level.
  • Geodark
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    I dont know about before the wake up word, but everything after is - I went back the other day and listened to some of mine - and i have to say my taste in music after a few beers is quite shocking!
  • Farway
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    gabriel73195 wrote: »
    Oh I love this question or comment! I have read that there's enough storage in existence to record every single word that has EVER been uttered on the planet. Isn't that an interesting tidbit or factoid?

    I read similar, but "problem" GCHQ, CIA etc have is the sheer amount of the stuff, easy to filter out K*lashnikov using AI, but harder to spot intent when mixed in with the knitting patterns, pouting teenagers & cute kittens
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
  • Frozen_up_north
    Frozen_up_north Posts: 2,420 Forumite
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    Run Spybot Anti-Beacon to fix the problem:

    https://www.safer-networking.org/products/spybot-anti-beacon/
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