Q. Is this really as harmful as you think?

A. Go to your parents house, your grandparents house etc and look at their Windows PC, look at the installed software in the past year, and try to use the device. Run some antivirus scans. There’s no way this implementation doesn’t end in tears — there’s a reason there’s a trillion dollar security industry, and that most problems revolve around malware and endpoints.

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    Are you braindead? Yes yes taking regular screenshots of the desktop can’t possibly be a security risk, right?

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      You can define almost anything as a security risk. But we aren’t children to play such stupid games.

      We are talking about someone gaining that information and the probability of that happening without even knowing what security mesaures will be in place. I think the risk is negligible even today with the limited information about it that we have now. Other People here, presumably you as well are hysterical about it.

      Thats what the discussion is. You actually believe Microsoft will launch this and then everybody will be hacked or something. I think that is… not smart.

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        No, I don’t think “everyone will get hacked or something”, don’t put words in my. I mouth for the sake of your argument.

        What it is, and this is undeniable, is a massive fucking privacy and security hole if someone gains control of your computer.

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          I didn’t want to put words in your mouth, but wanted to clear up where each of us stand so there is no missunderstanding.

          If somebody gains control of your computer today, that’s a massive privacy and security hole in itself.

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            If you didn’t want to put words in someone’s mouth then you shouldn’t have said something like

            You actually believe Microsoft will launch this and then everybody will be hacked or something.

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              Oh a knight in shining armour trying to defend my dialogue partner?

              Did you ask anyone needed defense? Because I’m pretty sure they don’t.

              If you read carefully I wrote “or something” at the end implying that I don’t know exactly what they believe. It was not that subtle of invitation for them to agree with my first assessment or correct me. I will try to be really blunt in the future, so that you don’t missunderstand again.

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                ? I’m not defending anyone, I’m calling out bullshit when I see it

                I don’t really care that you like watching kids through their bedroom windows or whatever

                If that doesn’t accurately describe your views, no worries—I said “or whatever,” so it’s fine