When it comes to Windows 10 privacy, don't trust amateur analysts

[JMH]

Gordon F. Kelly of Forbes is at it again, whipping up a frenzy over Windows 10. This time he claims to have found SHOCKING EVIDENCE that Microsoft's telemetry is collecting STAGGERING amounts of data from Windows 10 users.

Sadly, what Mr. Kelly's post* proves is how very, very little he understands about modern computing or networking. Seriously, his article is pure gibberish, technically. But more than 100,000 people have read it so far, and apparently they believe Mr. Kelly.

I feel sorry for those poor benighted souls.

What makes this whole sorry state of affairs even worse is that Mr. Kelly hasn't even done any of his own research. Instead, he is relying on ... well,
I'll let him tell you:

Blowing the lid on it this week is Voat user CheesusCrust whose extensive investigation found Windows 10 contacts Microsoft to report data thousands of times per day.
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[Digerati]

Thanks for posting this. When I read the other article, I just had to laugh thinking to myself that this was just another wannabe journalist repeating and sensationalizing what he read without verifying if true or not. Once again, Ed Bott sets the record straight.