On Wednesday, it will make a week that Windows 10 is officially available for download. While it is still too early to know whether the career of the new Microsoft operating system will be successful, the feedbacks begin to bloom on the web. And obviously, this new OS is appreciated, in terms of first impressions, like the test conducted by Le Monde.
Between replacing the Start menu, the return to a more familiar user interface, the arrival of some very useful applications and the design of a truly functional research tool, Microsoft has managed to erase the many odd committed with Windows 8 . However, these changes, although very valuable, are not the only criteria to be taken into account.
With the publication in mid-June, a new privacy statement that specifies the data that is collected and the use that is made, it is highly recommended to carefully watch settings related to privacy when installing Windows 10. Indeed, these settings are enabled by default and a distracted user (or too eager) could miss them.
THE CHARGE AGAINST FSF SONNE WINDOWS 10
But the Free Software Foundation, these concerns could easily be removed by opting for a solution respecting the principles of free software instead of choosing Windows 10. This is what the NGO said in an article published the day of the launch the Microsoft OS. It is “ urgent that everyone reject Windows 10 and join the world of free software “, reads in particular.
“ Like all proprietary software, Windows 10 puts those who use it under the control of its creator ” warns the FSF. “ Free Software like GNU / Linux systems consider them peers and let them control of their digital lives .”
Among the threats that advanced the FSF include the assignment of a unique advertising identifier for each user, the inability to control the source code for Windows 10 (preventing check if the OS does not include hidden rules, for example to meet the requirements of the NSA) or the obligation to receive updates to Windows 10.
Critics of the FSF against Windows are not new. We remember that the organization had published an article in 2009 giving seven reasons not to migrate to Windows 7 (packaging users, violation of privacy, monopoly, implemented by forced day pressure on standards, not refuse digital locks, questionable security level).
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