This is seriously disturbing:
Windows 10 has a new feature: a comprehensive report on your child's activity delivered weekly to your inbox which is turned on by default.
The feature is detailed in Microsoft's Windows 10 online documentation and allows a parent to "monitor [their] childs device use with activity reports." The weekly emails, entitled "Weekly activity report for [child's name]," detail the websites they visit, which apps they use (and for how long) and how many hours a day they spend on the PC.
Business Insider independently verified that family accounts have the feature turned on by default.
One of the concerns raised by The Independent is that as children grow up they may see the internet as a place to learn about sensitive topics, such as homosexuality, and a detailed report of this activity delivered to their parents on a weekly basis could lead to trouble.
http://www.businessinsider.com/there...oft%29&ref=yfp
The option can be disabled, but it is initiated by default. As one person commented, this could cause many, many young and frightened youths trying to discover their sexuality to be alienated, tossed out onto the streets, or even worse, beaten.
It is unknown whether or not Microsoft still gathers the information even if the option is turned off.
Talk about Big Brother.
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Windows 10 has a new feature: a comprehensive report on your child's activity delivered weekly to your inbox which is turned on by default.
The feature is detailed in Microsoft's Windows 10 online documentation and allows a parent to "monitor [their] childs device use with activity reports." The weekly emails, entitled "Weekly activity report for [child's name]," detail the websites they visit, which apps they use (and for how long) and how many hours a day they spend on the PC.
Business Insider independently verified that family accounts have the feature turned on by default.
One of the concerns raised by The Independent is that as children grow up they may see the internet as a place to learn about sensitive topics, such as homosexuality, and a detailed report of this activity delivered to their parents on a weekly basis could lead to trouble.
The option can be disabled, but it is initiated by default. As one person commented, this could cause many, many young and frightened youths trying to discover their sexuality to be alienated, tossed out onto the streets, or even worse, beaten.
It is unknown whether or not Microsoft still gathers the information even if the option is turned off.
Talk about Big Brother.