Microsoft has been accused many times of spying on its customers with Windows 10. The reason or pretext according to the company is that the operating system collects some data needed for fault diagnosis to help improve reliability.
But the fact seems to be a fault in front of the new patent filed by Microsoft. If we ever see this technology in a mass partreatment, we should forget what privacy means.
The patent filed by the company is called "Query formulation via task continuum, "And essentially describes a technology that monitors everything users do on their computers, including time that works with third-party applications.
As he says MSPU, this is done for the benefit of users as Microsoft tries to link third-party applications to its own services in order to provide a better search experience.
How does it work:
Basically, Microsoft claims that by tracking what users do on their computers, such as creating a document, the search engine can always be prepared for better search results. For example, if you are writing a book, Bing will know what you are interested in (from what exactly you are writing) and will be able to provide immediate results related to your work.
Microsoft mentions more detail in the patent description, explaining that the new feature will be able to collect any kind of "signal", including the texts viewed by the user, recognize the text from images, the sound of a song being played, And much more.
“Το λειτουργικό σύστημα παρακολουθεί όλα τα δεδομένα κειμένου που εμφανίζονται στον χρήστη από οποιαδήποτε εφαρμογή, και στη συνέχεια εκτελεί ομαδοποίηση για να προσδιοριστεί η πρόθεση του χρήστη (από τα συμφραζόμενα). Η τεκμαιρόμενη πρόθεση του χρήστη αποστέλλεται σαν message στους παρόχους αναζητήσεων για τη βελτίωση της κατάταξης των αποτελεσμάτων αναζήτησης, παρέχοντας βελτιωμένη εμπειρία στον χρήστη, καθώς τα ερωτήματα και τα αποτελέσματα θα είναι πιο σχετικά με αυτό που προσπαθεί να επιτύχει, ” αναφέρει η Microsoft.
Redmond emphasizes that users will always be in full control of it operation and no data leaves the computer without their consent.
Of course we all know how these things work and how easy it is to violate our privacy.
At the moment, Microsoft does not seem to be ready to release this feature in Windows, but if at some point, we can finally say goodbye to protecting our privacy.
/ long live Linux
