Saturday, September 24, 2016
Windows 10 banned by BitTorrent links to pirate sites
Windows 10 banned by BitTorrent links to pirate sites
BitTorrent trackers decided to prevent users from Windows 10 to access their pirates link site for the awakening of the risks they were taking and they were caught.
In terms of BitTorrent tracker sites, there are those that everyone knows, and there are those who are much more discreet or even who guard their privacy with the utmost care. Among these Figure a BitTorrent tracker renowned that even the URL is secret, which receives its users by invitation. And it is among others to maintain this spirit of confidentiality as decided not to accept connections from computers running Windows 10.
As noted by the specialized site TorrentFreak, iTS explained on Reddit that his decision was due to the poorly named "policy of protection of privacy" of Windows 10, which provides default to Microsoft theopportunity to obtain extensive data deprived of its users.
"Unfortunately Microsoft has decided to revoke all forms of data protection and to subject everything they could pick up, not only to themselves but also to others. One of them is one of the largest anti-piracy companies, called MarkMonitor, "says iTS, which is a very paranoid interpretation of Microsofts intentions or false. "Among other things Windows 10 sends the contents of your local disk to one of its servers", and claims the tracker iTS, while nothing like is (thankfully) provided by the Mountain View company.
"Obviously its going too far and it is a serious threat to sites like ours, which is why we had to take action. Since last Thursday, Windows 10 is officially banned from iTS".
Internet users who visit iTS using Windows 10 and are returned to a YouTube video that explains how Windows 10 is "a tool to spy on everything you do."
Although privacy policy Windows 10 actually has something to give hives, especially with far too discreet default installation on data protection, nothing gives Microsoft the right to send the content computer on remote servers for analysis. Neither to himself nor to partners. So certainly not MarkMonitor.
MAL INCLUDED A CLAUSE?
Paranoia in hacking circles arose from the reading of a clause in the "Microsoft Services Agreement", which states that "we can download software updates or configuration changes (...) including those likely to block your access to the Services or prevent your use of counterfeit games or unauthorized devices. " But this very misunderstood stipulation absolutely not allow Microsoft to see if users are running pirated games or other pirated content in Windows 10.
Besides Windows 10 is not part of the "Covered Services" listed at the end of that "Microsoft Services Agreement". The clause actually intended mainly piracy "Xbox and Windows games published by Microsoft," and more broadly the use of pirated games in Xbox Live. There is nothing new that Microsoft is blocking the accounts of counterfeit game users on the online service for its Xbox 360 console or Xbox One, and only stipulation explicit. By extension, it will also apply to games exploiting "Microsoft account" which can be downloaded from the Windows Store, but not all content running on the PC.
The reputation of Windows 10 is made, however, links and other BitTorrent sites could follow the example.TorrentFreak ensures that other trackers have already made the same decision and that BB and FSC could also block their users under Windows.
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