From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.139]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 478D5386F839 for ; Mon, 11 May 2020 19:53:31 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 478D5386F839 Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id YEUSj6elg7t92YEUTj0hmn; Mon, 11 May 2020 13:53:29 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=Os7UNx3t c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=JZeu4sPTHj9YQVegERsA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca Subject: Re: Very dangerous hacking ? Surprising relationship between cygwin and Microsoft To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <1325932087.-1622514822.1587585031094.JavaMail.root@zimbra76-e14.priv.proxad.net> <331531811.-1550186875.1589214301322.JavaMail.root@zimbra76-e14.priv.proxad.net> From: Brian Inglis Autocrypt: addr=Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEXopx9BYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAPq8FIaW+Bz7xnfyJ1gHQyf2EZo5sAwSPy/bRAcLeWl+0 I0JyaWFuIEluZ2xpcyA8QnJpYW4uSW5nbGlzQFNoYXcuY2E+iJYEExYIAD4WIQTG63sbl+cr 2nyOuZiKvQKcH1E27wUCXopx9AIbAwUJCWYBgAULCQgHAgYVCgkICwIEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAK CRCKvQKcH1E276DmAP91Bt8kfJhKHYb9b2sao2fxwJFsl1GlRi516WKI0OkphQEA+ULITsPs blfzSq+GgI7q4LPfRfTLy4Oo3gorlnhnfgm4OAReinH0EgorBgEEAZdVAQUBAQdAepgIsLwm GQicfoIBaB9xHp63MQJqVCPbgPzESTg7EEwDAQgHiH0EGBYIACYWIQTG63sbl+cr2nyOuZiK vQKcH1E27wUCXopx9AIbDAUJCWYBgAAKCRCKvQKcH1E27+zoAP4u2ivMQBAqaMeLOilqRWgy nV2ATImz1p2v1H5P4kBiDwD3caPK1cxU5lijzuSDCjgtIpgF/avHbjA32fxJdIRwAA== Organization: Inglis Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 13:53:28 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfCejRzwQ3uWQrj+8nonKCxMCn5RvhmdWau7jm1zw97/0TOYza2aaIyMXXtjmtn4YN1juJXfWBJX5CcAhockCoPVTyIqTMVQMbIkRgWZ0saMDCz055l6L 3CGtKno+RsPotkqV7TnNeoLLRpnHHZU2tKBqocVVqjtcZMdQxwaNnbp3 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 19:53:32 -0000 On 2020-05-11 12:35, David Macek via Cygwin wrote: >> To conclude, Microsoft spy and register all sites you access, cygwin.com >> in particular. I hope only with Edge, but I am not sure of that. > > Unless I missed something in your report, I cannot agree with your > conclusion. *Windows* storing something in the registry does not imply > *Microsoft* receives or processes that information. It does unless you uncheck all the boxes that say they can: log and ship a record of everything you access and do on the system and in each product! They may also still claim rights to use anything you create using any of their products. I use ungoogled Chromium stable builds as Google, Mozilla, and MS, are as bad as FB, LIn, etc. which I avoid like the plague they are. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in IEC units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]