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pilgrimboy14 ago

  1. They are looking at more money in selling apps than in selling an operating system. They want to get people in their environment to get them using their app store.

  2. Beyond my knowledge.

  3. Of course, the NSA will have a backdoor. They already do. Windows 10 isn't changing anything on this front.

  4. Because Apple does this. It allows them to control the user experience, making developing easier and preventing vulnerabilities in the casual users' experience. This is not how the NSA backdoors will be installed. They will already be there on day one.

Just to add. I don't buy that open-source is the solution. Open-source just means that the NSA has to be crafty in writing code. They know they have to get into open source software (http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsecur/opinion-truecrypt-the-nsa-and-the-myth-of-open-source-security.html).

So Windows 10 will not be secure from the NSA. That should be a given. Are they saying that it will be? But it will supposedly be more secure to vulnerabilities exploited by other hackers for the casual user. I still have trouble seeing how a backdoor left open to the NSA can be secured from hackers. But I guess we haven't succumbed to an exploit in the previous backdoors that I know of.

flyawayhigh ago

Why would they offer a free upgrade to everyone? What's in it for Microsoft? Since when do these corporations give a product out for FREE?

Also, to save their reputation after widespread criticism of Windows 8.

datjedi ago

and vista. and windows me. and windows 98.