Paranoid torrent sites ban Windows 10 over privacy concerns
The misunderstanding around Microsoft's Services Agreement is starting to trickle into the ordinary life of regular Internet users, with scared torrent tracker admins banning or thinking of banning Windows 10 users from their sites.
While the waters are still murky around this issue, with Microsoft staying silent around the topic, and with not a single complaint from one Windows 10 user screaming that he had his downloaded torrents whipped from their hard drive, some pirate tracker admins are already taking some steps to protect themselves, just in case.
iTS admins block users with Windows 10 from their tracker
The first ones to hit the alarm button were the iTS admins, which have started redirecting all Windows 10 users accessing their site to a YouTube video called: Windows 10 is a Tool to Spy on Everything You Do.
FSC and BB admins are thinking of doing the same
"As we all know, Microsoft recently released Windows 10. You as a member should know, that we as a site are thinking about banning the OS from FSC," said one of the FSC staff.
Likewise, in a message to their users, a BB admin said something similar: "We have also found [Windows 10] will be gathering information on users’ P2P use to be shared with anti piracy group.
Torrent Trackers Ban Windows 10 Over Privacy Concerns - TorrentFreak
Microsoft Wants to Block Pirated Content? Pirate Sites Ban Windows 10 Instead - Softpedia
The misunderstanding around Microsoft's Services Agreement is starting to trickle into the ordinary life of regular Internet users, with scared torrent tracker admins banning or thinking of banning Windows 10 users from their sites.
While the waters are still murky around this issue, with Microsoft staying silent around the topic, and with not a single complaint from one Windows 10 user screaming that he had his downloaded torrents whipped from their hard drive, some pirate tracker admins are already taking some steps to protect themselves, just in case.
iTS admins block users with Windows 10 from their tracker
The first ones to hit the alarm button were the iTS admins, which have started redirecting all Windows 10 users accessing their site to a YouTube video called: Windows 10 is a Tool to Spy on Everything You Do.
FSC and BB admins are thinking of doing the same
"As we all know, Microsoft recently released Windows 10. You as a member should know, that we as a site are thinking about banning the OS from FSC," said one of the FSC staff.
Likewise, in a message to their users, a BB admin said something similar: "We have also found [Windows 10] will be gathering information on users’ P2P use to be shared with anti piracy group.
Torrent Trackers Ban Windows 10 Over Privacy Concerns - TorrentFreak
Microsoft Wants to Block Pirated Content? Pirate Sites Ban Windows 10 Instead - Softpedia
