Torrent tracker block Windows 10
Following the release of the news that Microsoft would have eliminated arbitrarily pirated content from PCs, some torrent tracker inhibited access to the machines with Windows 10.
Some torrent trackers have apparently inhibited the sharing of Their content on systems driven by Windows 10. Such extreme maneuver Seems Mainly two to the latest update of the Microsoft Services Agreement, and is two to the General Policy implication’s latest operating system of Microsoft disclosed the online community.
In a section of the agreement between Microsoft and users of its services says, summing up in short, Microsoft can disable counterfeit software and hardware at its discretion in the name of safety. In essence, a further violation ” justified ” privacy by the Redmond company that, in the opinion of many, has been satisfied in this regard on the new operating system.
TorrentFreak, a source that is often in defense of the exchange of ethical content protected by copyright, points out the contradiction in complaining about the invasion of privacy of Microsoft … on Facebook. The Redmond company is certainly not the only one to make use of the data of its users to ” improve services “, and often – almost always – it is the user who accepts the terms of use of the service, leaders by then content companies.
The new clause imposed by Microsoft is simply ” a dystopian thinking “, according to the source, one truth is not so simple to be accomplished, and that probably will never see direct application. Nevertheless, fears of the web are twisted against the same users of BitTorrent networks (containing not only illegal content), with some private trackers that have begun to ” ban ” Windows 10, and others who are considering bringing forward a strategy similar.
iTS for example explains that Windows 10 is not sure at the moment because of the amount of data that shares. The staff of the Service writes: ” Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided to lift any kind of data protection, and present all that can also collect, in reality third-party. One of these is a company called MarkMonitor anti-piracy “.
” Windows 10 sends the contents of your local disks directly to one of their servers, ” the note continues. ” It is a serious threat to sites like ours, which is why we had to take quick action. ” In fact, Microsoft is working with MarkMonitor for years, especially for security issues, and were never presented evidence that testify to any exchange of information for issues of piracy.
However, not only iTS raised the first doubts in this regard, with BB and FSC who are considering follow suit: ” We found that Windows 10 will collect information on the use of P2P users, sharing them with the anti-piracy groups “. The staff at BB then continues: ” What is particularly alarming is that apparently will send the results of research to local companies well-known anti-piracy ” .
FSC also is considering banning the operating system of Redmond: ” We are planning to prevent access to Windows 10 to our service, ” said the staff members. ” This means that you can no longer use our site if you have the operating system installed. ”
The ban of Windows 10 is an extreme practice, a paranoia that if in some ways is justifiable, the other is paradoxical. Many of the practices of which it is accused Microsoft will most likely be made even on older versions of the operating system and other services of the company, with trackers that do not in any way protected by the ban only last version.
