US Government Wants Its Employees to Install Windows 10 on Home PCs

[Exterminator]

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Microsoft has recently signed an agreement with the United States Department of Defense to install Windows 10 on all its 4 million computers, but it turns out that the partnership is going much better than anyone ever imagined.

In a recent interview with Fedscoop, Pentagon's CIO Terry Halvorsen praised Windows 10’s security and recommended employees of the Department of Defense to install Microsoft’s latest operating system on their home computers too.

“If you're using a computer at home and you're not on Windows 10, you're doing yourself an injustice - you ought to be moving to Windows 10,” he said in the interview.

“We're going to put out some guidance to our employees in general - it's not an endorsement of Windows 10 or Microsoft specifically - listing what the characteristics of Windows 10 would give you if you put it in your home system. That's as close to an endorsement as I can get for a software product.”

Windows 10 on as many devices as possible
It goes without saying that such statements help Microsoft bring Windows 10 on as many devices as possible, especially because the software giant’s struggling to convince more people to upgrade.

Windows 10 is currently offered as a free upgrade to those running Windows 7 or 8.1 on their PCs, with the promo to end on July 29 this year. The goal here is to bring Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by 2017, a milestone that Microsoft expects not only thanks to the free upgrades, but also thanks to enterprises and organizations in the education sector that join the Windows 10 bandwagon.

The deal the company has with the US Department of Defense and which will bring Windows 10 on 4 million devices is living proof that striking deals with authorities in the US and overseas is a huge win for Microsoft, especially when they’re followed by such statements that encourage employees to make the move to the new operating system too.

 

[DJ Panda]

Pretty good move not to be a hater to Windows 7 users but I find Win10 more secure.

 

[Entreri]

Great way to keep track of them outside of work. Ideally they must be tagged in the future (GPS) and miniature camera, cornea implantation.

One step at a time, steady and slow progress.

 

[Noxx]

I don't really see this request as being unreasonable. Win 10 is better in every aspect, particularly on the security front.

 

[Ink]

Logical, but what about Linux and Mac OS X users?

@Entreri You live in a close-minded world.

 

[hjlbx]

Great way to keep track of them outside of work. Ideally they must be tagged in the future (GPS) and miniature camera, cornea implantation.

One step at a time, steady and slow progress.

You can uninstall or disable just about every single module that Windows 10 installs.

There are freeware utilities to do all this, such as Toggle Tweaker, Windows 10 Privacy, etc.

 

[darko999]

Pretty good move not to be a hater to Windows 7 users but I find Win10 more secure.

That's right, it is also a pretty good move because win 10 data collection is good for business heh. Since all windows Collect data, it is a smoother process on win 10 for sure.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

Why doe's this make me as nervous as a chicken in the fox pen ?

 

[Deleted member 178]

Great way to keep track of them outside of work. Ideally they must be tagged in the future (GPS) and miniature camera, cornea implantation.

Less effective than your Smartphone

 

[Ink]

Less effective than your Smartphone

That's a very good point, Windows 10 computers have less Location and other data collected than compared to your Android or iOS device which track your movements.

 

[jamescv7]

Good to see that someone understands the whole picture for Windows 10; however many users still remains to be bind with wrong misconception, which will remain for very long time no matter how campaigning you have.

They have the right to choose but depends if their statement can be considered below the belt.

 

[Entreri]

With Windows 10, Microsoft owns you, this is essentially stated in their EULA. Incredibly invasive.

The vast majority will do the express setup

In order to make Win10 semi-private, there is still things to do even if one ran Spybot Ant-Beacon.
I personally went further, much further, because I was so pissed at Microsoft.

 

[Noxx]

The only thing you "own" is the right to use Win10. When you invent another OS, then you can live in your own little world of absolute privacy.

 

[DJ Panda]

With Windows 10, Microsoft owns you, this is essentially stated in their EULA. Incredibly invasive.

The vast majority will do the express setup

In order to make Win10 semi-private, there is still things to do even if one ran Spybot Ant-Beacon.
I personally went further, much further, because I was so pissed at Microsoft.

Um it isn't like Microsoft is selling your info online. It is taking statistics for how often you use your computer.
Windows 10 doesn't spy.

 

[Entreri]

You buy something, it is yours.

As for inventing my own OS for privacy, that is silly.

Linux.

Microsoft does sell your info, their strategy is modeled after Google and going even further.

Win10 EULA (there is a lot more than this):

"Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary."

 

[Noxx]

You didn't buy Windows 10. You got it free of charge.

 

[Atlas147]

Seeing how it's the latest OS and will receive the most attention in regards to patching bugs and vulnerabilities it would be the best choice for the government to keep its employees safe

 

[jamescv7]

@Noxx: Yes, which also sooner to remove the 1 year free upgrade; Microsoft's move gave indeed a different perspective to witness Windows 10 a chance compare to other OS before.

Actually because of numerous incidents occur for Windows 10; piracy may likely decrease compare to Windows 7 where many preferred it.

So no surprise if government agency sometimes use an OS that can be counterfeit because of no budget? I don't think so.