Windows 10 covertly sends your disk-encryption keys to MicrosoftAnd that's not all. See the LINK.
A former 40 year Atheist analyzes Atheism, without resorting to theism, deism, or fantasy.
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If You Don't Value Truth, Then What DO You Value?
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If we say that the sane can be coaxed and persuaded to rationality, and we say that rationality presupposes logic, then what can we say of those who actively reject logic?
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Atheists have an obligation to give reasons in the form of logic and evidence for rejecting Theist theories.
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Microsoft back-ported these "features" to Windows 8 and 7.
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/28/microsoft-intensifies-data-collection-on-windows-7-and-8-systems/
And Win Xp is no longer updated and has huge security holes in it.
We all need an option other than MS Windows. I'm not a computer nerd, so I'm not sure what's available, if anything. Any advice?
I'm a computer nerd so I get asked this.
There's really no non-computer-nerd answer.
Best practice would be to switch to Linux and use a VPN.
For Linux I recommend Ubuntu. Look for a LTS version. (Means "Long term support"). I've been installing this on privacy minded people's machines... and some of them even stick with it...
For web-browsering I recommend Firefox (or derivatives) with an ad-blocker like Ublock Origin or Adblock Pro.
Chrome sends data including everything you type back to Google so avoid. Internet Explorer is Microsoft so avoid.
VPN is an encrypted tunnel between your computer and another place. Someone wants to spy on you? With a VPN they would have to ask another country to do it which increases the difficulty. Has the side effect of slowing your internet and making it seem as if your web-traffic comes from elsewhere.
If you want to learn a lot about how Linux works, though, I'd recommend Arch.
After non-trivial installation, you start with... nothing! Specifically, command line with a lot of basic utilities. One of the first questions is: how to set up Internet connection/s?
How to install? How to change various options (which files work as Control Panel)? How to obtain the standard GUI with windows and panels and everything? (It actually consists of multiple programs working together.) And so on.
There are a lot of walls to run into, but it's a great learning experience. And I haven't encountered a problem which wouldn't be solvable with Internet support.
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