Если Вы в повседневной жизни уже пользуетесь продуктами Microsoft, Apple, Google -- у Вас уже давно есть персональные "домашние соглядатаи".
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy ... fault.aspx Microsoft Privacy Statement писал(а):
The data we collect depends on the services and features you use, and includes the following.
Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.
Demographic data. We collect data about you such as your age, gender, country and preferred language.
Interests and favorites. We collect data about your interests and favorites, such as the teams you follow in a sports app, the stocks you track in a finance app, or the favorite cities you add to a eather app.
... This also includes data about your device and the network you use to connect to our services, including IP address, device identifiers (such as the IMEI number for phones), regional and language settings. It includes information about the operating systems and other software installed on your device, including product keys
Contacts and relationships. We collect data about your contacts
Location data. We collect data about your location, which can be either precise or imprecise. Precise location data can be Global Position System (GPS)
Content. We collect content of your files and communications when necessary
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Advertising. Many of our services are supported by advertising. We use the data we collect to help select the ads Microsoft delivers - whether on our own services or on services offered by third parties.
Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content ...
... protect our customers ...
...operate and maintain the security of our services ...,
... protect the rights or property of Microsoft ...,
потом появилась виста и... майкрософт решил зарабатывать денежки дальше (путем выпуска новых версий)...
и не так быстро как хотелось бы...