Hoffman's theory is that the Activity History you're seeing in the online Privacy Dashboard is collated from the telemetry data gathered by Windows diagnostics, not from the Activity History in Settings. Microsoft has a rich history of building overlapping, parallel and contradictory settings, as anyone who's tried to get a wireless headset working on a Windows conference call, or tried to get a child's Xbox Live account working properly, can testify. "Basic" sends Microsoft "only info about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it is performing properly." "Full" sends all that plus "info about the websites you browse and how you use apps and features" - which sound a lot like Activity History cloud syncing.īut it's probably not the same thing. The telemetry data - how your machine is running, and so forth - is controlled by a different Settings menu, Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics and Feedback. MICROSOFT OFFICE UPDATES USED FOR SPYING WINDOWS 10Hoffman points out that Windows 10 still sends Microsoft's servers telemetry data about your machine whether or not you've disabled Activity History collection in Settings. MORE: Windows 10 Will Show You Everything Microsoft Has on You So what's going on? We don't know for sure, but Chris Hoffman at How-To Geek thinks the answer is both simple and stupid: The Windows 10 Settings Activity History isn't the same as the online Privacy Dashboard Activity History. He noted that his Activity History remained in the online Privacy Dashboard even after he pressed the "Clear Activity History" button in his machine's Settings. Over at our sister site TechRadar, Darren Allan was able to reproduce this issue. That's not something we recommend your average Windows user do. Missing Potato wrote that he was only able to stop this by using online tools to edit a Windows Registry key. Yet this past weekend, Reddit user "a_potato_is_missing" noticed that even though he (or possibly she) had unchecked both boxes on his machine's settings, he could still sign into his Microsoft account online, navigate to the Privacy Dashboard, click the tab marked, yep, "Activity History," and see that he'd been running Microsoft Office, Forza Horizon 4 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive. To seal the deal, they can also uncheck the neighboring box marked "Let Windows collect my activity from this PC", which seems to be checked on by default. MICROSOFT OFFICE UPDATES USED FOR SPYING PCHopefully, this office spyware never sees the light of day, but you gotta wonder how long before something like this creeps into our dysfunctional place of employment.Naturally, some people find this intrusive, and they make sure that the box marked "Let Windows sync my activities from this PC to the cloud" is unchecked under Settings > Privacy > Activity History. Leave it to Microsoft to develop something like this. I suppose the system will place a call to the workplace psychologist, then one to human resources to schedule your exit interview. MICROSOFT OFFICE UPDATES USED FOR SPYING SOFTWAREOh, and don't even think about acting crazy because the software will automatically detect your level of stress and frustration, then offer and provide assistance accordingly. MICROSOFT OFFICE UPDATES USED FOR SPYING SKINThe patent mentions wireless sensors that could read "heart rate, galvanic skin response, EMG, brain signals, respiration rate, body temperature, facial movements, facial expressions and blood pressure.” I'm guessing workers get to wear said sensors on their bodies. We've all heard that complaint before, and it seems Microsoft is planning to do something about it in the near future.Īccording to the The London Times, Microsoft has filed a patent application for a "unique monitoring system" that could keep tabs on a worker's productivity level, physical well-being, and competence. One of the biggest challenges employers face today is the abuse of Internet use during working hours.
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