![]() ![]() Microsoft has gone along with this because, while China has a huge number of Windows users, Microsoft makes barely a dime from them. Īs Orangutan Capital noted, “this version strips telemetry and data collection from Windows thus, in a bit of irony, the Chinese Government-mandated edition is the only version of Windows since XP (or Windows 7 before updates/patches) that respects the privacy rights of its users and is not, as of today, a data-collection machine.” This version complies with Chinese governmental privacy and security standards. ![]() On May 23, Windows 10 China Government Edition was released. Microsoft, never known for turning down a dollar or a yuan, caved.īeginning a year ago, Microsoft started developing a Chinese government-approved version of Windows 10 in partnership with the Chinese technology and defense company China Electronics Technology Group Corp (CETC). So China gave Microsoft a choice: Rip out its snoopware, or forget about selling Windows 10 to government or enterprise customers. But just because the powers that be in Beijing want to know every move their citizens make doesn’t mean they want Microsoft joining in on the spying. Well, I say “privacy” because China is infamous for tracking its computer users and censoring the internet with the Great Firewall of China. It would stand up for its users’ “privacy.” That country? The People’s Republic of China.Ĭough. Because Windows doesn’t make much money for Microsoft these days, the company decided, beginning in Windows 10, that snooping on users à la Google and Facebook could be profitable. ![]()
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