Security researcher details Windows 8 SmartScreen privacy concerns

zigzag3143 · Aug 29, 2012

Nadim Kobeissi, a Canadian security researcher, has outlined some privacy concerns with Microsoft's Windows 8 SmartScreen technology this week. Kobeissi claims that Microsoft's filter technology, designed to prevent users from downloading or installing malicious software, sends data to Microsoft about each application that is installed within Windows 8. Microsoft's latest operating system is configured, by default, to send information about every app that is downloaded and installed — something that "Kobeissi" claims is a "big problem."

http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/24/3264942/windows-8-smartscreen-privacy-nadim-kobeissi

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Security researcher details Windows 8 SmartScreen privacy concerns

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