How to Disable Microsoft Keylogger (Windows 10 & 11)
Microsoft’s keylogger lets the company record and process your keystrokes, so it can track anything you type on your keyboard. According to Microsoft, only specific employees have access to the data, so the company considers the keylogging safe.
Should you just assume all employees with access to your information are trustworthy? Probably not. Even if they were, Microsoft doesn’t actually need to know most of what the keylogger collects, so why is it keeping your information, and what does it use it for?
The lack of clarity makes many users feel having a default keylogger on Windows poses a threat to their privacy and could expose sensitive data like passwords. Fortunately, you can turn it off with a few simple steps and regain some of your privacy.
What Is A Keylogger?
A keylogger is computer software that records every stroke you make on your keyboard. They are commonly used by cybercriminals to gather passwords and other account information which they can use to fraudulently access your sensitive accounts (e.g. email or banking).
Microsoft uses its keylogger for less nefarious purposes. The software is used to customize your typing suggestions and help build your dictionary. Since it’s used this way, Microsoft considers the software a diagnostics tool rather than an actual keylogger.
The problem is, Microsoft hasn’t always been transparent about what data it collects or what it’s used for. Several people complained to the company that even using it as a diagnostic tool violates their privacy, so Microsoft began providing the option to disable the keylogger on Windows 10 and 11.
How to Disable the Default Keylogger in Windows 10 & 11
You use the same process to disable the default keylogger on Windows 10 and 11. Just follow the steps above each image to disable the setting.
Step 1: Click on the Start menu button.
Step 2: Type Privacy Settings into the search bar and click on the result with the lock next to it.
Note: Windows 11 has an extra step, you need to click on Privacy & Security in the left-hand menu before moving on to the next step.
Step 3: From the menu on the left choose Inking and Typing personalization.
Step 4: Toggle the switch off under Getting to Know You. The keylogger is now off.
Note: If you’re using Windows 11, you’ll find the off switch under Custom Inking and typing dictionary.
Why Keyloggers Pose A Threat
The good news is keyloggers don’t damage your device or OS. The bad news is cybercriminals can use them for malicious purposes, including:
- Copying the login credentials for your accounts
- Spying on your conversations
- Using your financial data to make unauthorized purchases or transfer funds
- Accessing your emails
Even though the data for Windows keylogger only goes to Microsoft, it doesn’t mean someone with access to the information couldn’t use it for malicious purposes. A cybercriminal could also intercept the information collected by the keylogger while it’s in transit to Microsoft’s servers or steal it in a data breach.
That’s why it’s a good idea to turn off Windows keylogger. Doing so removes Microsoft’s right to log any unnecessary information (e.g. anything not needed for OS maintenance or functionality purposes). Using a VPN to protect all your data transfers is also a good idea.
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Protect Your PC from Malicious Keyloggers
Turning off Microsoft’s built-in keylogger is a start when it comes to protecting your private information, but it won’t protect you from accidentally downloading a harmful keylogger. That’s why it’s crucial to protect your devices against malware and downloads from unknown sources.
FAQ
Does Microsoft have a keylogger?
Yes. Microsoft’s built-in keylogger is turned on by default for both Windows 10 and 11. You will need to manually turn the keylogger feature off in your device’s Privacy Settings if you don’t want Microsoft to log everything you type on your keyboard.
Does Windows 11 have a built-in keylogger?
It does, but they don’t call it a keylogger. You’ll find it under Custom inking and typing dictionary. It lets Microsoft log your keystrokes to help improve the typing and writing functionality of Microsoft Windows operating systems. That said, having something record everything you type isn’t great for privacy — luckily you can turn off Microsoft’s keylogger.
Can a keylogger be deleted?
Not if they are built into the system by default (like Microsoft’s keylogger). Then you can only turn them off if the option is available. If it’s a third-party application, you can go to Add and Remove programs, find the keylogger, and uninstall it. If you suspect your device is infected with a malicious keylogger, you’ll have to try to find it and delete it or factory reset your device.
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Good god, the author of this article knows absolutely nothing
More tinfoil hat shit, BRB gonna go jerk off in front of my Kinect and let MS watch.
It is NOT a keylogger, and this article is just conspiracy paranoia. There’s little evidence that the author has enough background in computer science or security to tell a keylogger from a key lime pie. What it does is collects information about your use of the product, including some text and voice input, and returns some of that data to Microsoft for use in tuning performance and improving voice recognition and spell-checking. If you want to turn it off you can, but there is no reason to believe it is doing anything nefarious. Also, if you are worried about this then there are some other things going on with your computer and on the internet that you ‘really’ don’t want to know about and you should turn off your computer immediately… and probably take it to an incinerator.
no evidence given that is is not, whereas the microsoft quote indicates: “your typing and handwriting info to improve typing and writing services”
A keylogger in this sense is a program installed on a target machine to covertly record the keystrokes and mouse clicks of a user who is unaware they are being monitored. This is usually done with malicious intent to collect your account information, credit card numbers, user names, passwords, and other private data.
This is not what they are doing. Microsoft didn’t hide the fact that they were collecting statistical data. It’s all right there in the EULA in plain English that people agreed to, and you are always free to turn it off. Also, it does not collect everything you type, just specific data.
Do you really think Microsoft is using Windows 10 to steal everyone’s online banking passwords or credit card numbers? If this were the case we would know about it because it is not hard to monitor your outgoing packets to see what they are collecting, so every IT professional and computer nerd would be pretty pissed off and Microsoft would be taken to court.
idea: that it is above the skill level of majority of it professionals to monitor outgoing packets to see what they are collecting
Yes it is… that wasn’t my point.
If an I.T. professional doesn’t know how to use Wireshark or some other packet sniffer to know what packets are being sent out of the network, they probably shouldn’t be calling themselves I.T. professionals.
An IT professional would know the packets are encrypted so there is no point in using Wireshark (without the encryption key). There is no way to determine what information is leaving your system.
An IT professional would also know that to monitor the packets, you would have to use an external system to ensure that you got all the packets leaving the system (including those from a possible back-door built into the OS).
We are talking about monitoring traffic from your own system going to one of Microsoft’s servers. There are two keys, a public key and a private key. The public key is known between sender and receiver (server), private key remains on your own machine….. So you do have access to your own key.
In public key encryption, which is what you are talking about, both parties have access to the public key and the private key, which is used to decrypt the message, will be with Microsoft ONLY because they have to decrypt the message, it is NOT on your machine.
Microsoft should be using asymmetric keys (different), not symmetrical keys (same) for encryption/decryption for the obvious reason that they DON’T WANT ANYONE to read the encrypted information. Someone mentioned symmetrical keys being used by Microsoft which is extremely unlikely because anyone can have access to the encrypted information and Microsoft isn’t that stupid.
Also, not a single expert in security has read the encrypted traffic. There is not a single mention of an analysis of the information being sent to Microsoft because NO ONE has read the encrypted traffic going to Microsoft. NOT A SINGLE ONE.
The NSA can break the encryption that Microsoft uses but they aren’t telling.
Also, which you are probably not aware of, Microsoft is probably using double encryption where the data is encrypted on your system and then it is encrypted when it is being sent to Microsoft. That makes it a lot more difficult to view the original data.
I have used encryption in programming and that’s what I would do. Make sure it is a lot more difficult for anyone to access the data.
There are also other methods of ensuring the data is protected from hacking the key which are not well known, but make it a lot more difficult to know if you have actually broken the encryption.
100% agree
idea: professionals have jobs to look for just this sort of activity.
Results: So far, have you seen any proof beyond “this is my interpretation of the EULA / lamens version printed on screen”?
The only requirement for a keylogger is that it logs the keystrokes of the system it is running on.
It doesn’t have to be hidden.
By its very nature, recording a user’s keystrokes is malicious – its an act of spying on the user.
This is not what they are doing. I agree that a keylogger doesn’t have to be hidden, but it does to be used in a malicious manner, which a lot of times they are not. There are plenty of non-malicious uses for keyloggers, but this is not a keylogger, and there is no evidence that what they are doing is malicious either way.
As a programmer, I just don’t understand why you think that a keylogger isn’t a keylogger.
Its all the name. Its logs the keys. That’s all it does.
Microsoft calls it a keylogger. The people who helped develop Windows 10 as part of the insider’s program called it a keylogger.
Any software that logs the keys is a keylogger. By definition.
I can do some programming as well, but I’m more on the ‘security’ side of things. Do you have any evidence that they are actually logging all of your keys? Because if you do I would love to see it… I sure haven’t found any yet.
Its been reported in numerous articles that Windows 10 comes with a keylogger.
The people who developed Windows 10 – insider preview – stated that it came with a keylogger which would be removed when Windows 10 was released – they didn’t get this information out of thin air.
Microsoft states that it is collecting information about ‘how you write’ (ie logging your key strokes).
This can only be done with a keylogger. Nothing else can collect your keystrokes except a keylogger.
I no longer believe you are a programmer if you believe “collecting information about how you write” can’t be done without logging all of your keystrokes. By “programmer” do you mean you “know little bit of HTML”? Yes, I’m being a bit of an ass here, but damn dude.
Writing an article on the internet does not make you a security expert, or even a techie. Anyone can write an article, and none of the articles I’ve seen on the subject were written by anyone I would consider an expert.
What can I say? I’ve only been programming for over 20 years, but if it makes you feel better to think that I’m not, feel free.
As a programmer or not if it makes you feel better, Windows 10 comes with a keylogger and once again Microsoft is being vague about the information it is actually collecting. We collect information about ‘how you write’. This is as vague as hell. Microsoft is being deliberately vague.
Microsoft has a lot of lawyers. The only reason Microsoft would be vague would be to hide what it actually is doing and that is collecting keystrokes using a keylogger.
Non of the security experts I know believe this is a keylogger, and until someone shows me a single shred of evidence that it is, which you have not done, then my position stands. Them being vague isn’t evidence.
But seeing as though you REALLY want to believe this. Go ahead. I’m done.
Obviously, you don’t know any security experts.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
You are not going to see the evidence of it logging keys. Its a simple matter to hide a process so you never know its running and encrypt any information being collected.
Microsoft states that it is collecting ‘how you write’, i.e. your keystrokes.
If I was writing the software for the keylogger, I would look for keywords and only log all of the keystrokes if one of those keywords were triggered. Also I would ensure that I could remotely activate various keylogging functions.
I see no encrypted data being sent to Microsoft. And when I do, it wont be encrypted for long… You are trying very hard to prove that it is possible, without showing any evidence that it is actually happening. And you obviously aren’t going to do that, so it’s been fun, but I’m done with this conversation.
Anyone would know that the telemetry would have to be encrypted that Microsoft sends from your computer. Its blatantly obvious.
But if you want it from Microsoft:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/configure-windows-telemetry-in-your-organization
You want evidence for things which are blatantly obvious.
Anyone would encrypt telemetry leaving a computer. Any software, the telemetry should be encrypted to protect the information.
Sorry, I didn’t mean it was not encrypted at all. I am quite tired of this conversation that I never expected to turn into this.
Microsoft telemetry data is encrypted using TLS v1.2 which is decrypted using session key logging and Wireshark. If you want to have a look for yourself, go ahead…
As you will see if you analyze it yourself, about 1MB of telemetry data is being sent to Microsoft over a 12 hour period, and as the average packet size is just over 3KB, it’s clear that when you
take into account the encryption overhead very little data is being sent
to Microsoft.
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Well, the question I have for you is “Why would you actually WANT it on in the first place?” What benefit are you getting in exchange for sending information to Microsoft about what you type into your keyboard? You are getting no benefit at all, while having your privacy violated.
And fine. So let us say that Microsoft is NOT doing anything nefarious with the data that you type into your keyboard. What about hackers? What if hackers steal the data from Microsoft servers or from the web traffic while the data is being transferred to Microsoft servers? Think of the sensitive information they would have access to. In conclusion, only a brainless idiot would keep this setting on. I take it you are a brainless idiot, correct?
It’s not that I ‘want’ it on or not. I don’t care. I turned it off when I installed Windows to conserve bandwidth. They are not collecting everything you type into the keyboard, and I don’t care as far as privacy is concerned because they are not collecting anything that would be useful to hackers. Collecting telemetry data is common and (for the most part) not frowned upon in the IT world, aside from some more extreme cases. I don’t keep sensitive data (or really anything) on the cloud because I don’t want it to be stolen by hackers, but no, I am not worried about them hacking into Microsoft and stealing my telemetry data.
I would argue that all Windows users benefit because they are using the statistical data to improve Windows.
Brainless idiot out. Have a nice day.
Arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.
I DO care about privacy! I use both Signal and Tor. I am very careful with what I do on and offline, and I don’t put private information on social media because I don’t want the NSA, CIA, FBI, foreign powers, or other hackers to know my every detail.
The point of my argument was that this is not a keylogger. Snowman would agree with me on that. And I never said I don’t have anything to hide… being a hacker, I have PLENTY to hide. Nice quote though.
Microsoft has stated that Windows 10 has an inbuilt keylogger. This is not someone else’s opinion – it comes from Microsoft.
The keylogger was supposed to be removed when Windows 10 was released to the public but Microsoft kept it in there which it appears from its functionality, it always intended to do.
Show me where Microsoft called it a “keylogger” in their own words. You can’t because it is not.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_security/will-the-final-windows-10-still-have-the-keylogger/85b77c81-eba1-4b8a-8984-49a50328e47a
I got this link in about 10 seconds.
You didn’t actually read any of that, did you? Microsoft never replied to them…
I did actually read it and assumed that if it wasn’t true, since it was on the Microsoft site, it would have been corrected.
Microsoft also did not make an official response to the question of a keylogger but they did edit the original comment to make it more ‘polite’.
The people with the insiders programs stated that Windows 10 came with a keylogger which was going to be removed when Windows 10 was released. This was from several people from the insider’s program. However, the keylogger was kept in when it was released to the public.
Microsoft refers to ‘how you write’ being sent as telemetry – this can only be done with a keylogger.
I’m doing a detailed search for ‘keylogger’ from Microsoft – if I find anything I’ll get back to you.
Microsoft are not the ones that “edited for politeness”. That was the original poster.
Once again, they have never called it a “keylogger”.
Trust me on this, dude, you chose the wrong person to debate this with. You are wasting your time, and debating a topic you don’t fully understand with someone who very much does. I know how to use wireshark and other software to monitor, log and analyze my outgoing traffic…
There is no way you can determine what information is being sent from your computer because it is being encrypted. You’ll get the packets using Wireshark but the data will be meaningless – its encrypted, you cannot read the data.
Anyone who says they are using Wireshark to monitor the telemetry is not doing it.
You use session key logging to get the symmetric session key used to encrypt TLS traffic to a file. You can then point Wireshark at said file and presto!
That method can be used for Chrome and Firefox because they support logging the symmetric session key to a file.
I can find no mention of the same technique can be used for Windows 10 and I seriously doubt Microsoft would allow access to the decryption key using this method.
Some relevant links would be appreciated.
You do realize that you’ve just called yourself a ‘Brainless idiot”?
The call you made is “signing off” on your end and you identified yourself as “Brainless idiot”, i.e. “Brainless idiot is signing off”
Just for your information:
The Patriot Act gives the NSA the right to collect bulk data without any legal process. The Patriot Act also allows for direct connection to the tech companies so the NSA can collect data at any time. Verify this via the web.
Microsoft has a history of sharing data with the NSA – it was the first company to volunteer its services for the data collection program called Prism which was run by the NSA. Microsoft’s slogan at the time was “Your privacy is our priority”. Verify this via the web.
Microsoft also has a copy of the encryption key for Bitlocker for each system. SUPPOSEDLY, if you change your encryption key, then it will not be sent to Microsoft but I find this highly unlikely since Microsoft took a copy of the Bitlocker encryption key in the first place. This information can be verified on the web.
The German head of Microsoft has made a statement that Microsoft is collecting all user browser history. Microsoft has also made a clear statement that they are collecting user browser history. You should be able to find this on the web.
The NSA was not given the right by the Patriot Act to directly collect user information from Microsoft so that it could determine when you started ‘Candy Crush’ and how long you used it for. The NSA is collecting valuable information about user activity including browsing. The NSA doesn’t care how long your computer took to boot or if the latest update crashed your system.
I am not the one who originally called me a “brainless idiot”, you have heard of sarcasm, no?
I know all about the Prism program, but it is not what we are talking about. Although I do have my own issues with that (and with similar things the CIA and FBI are doing), I was never surprised by it whatsoever. They are a spy agency… Spying is what they do, and it’s not going to go away any time soon. The more connected we become, the more information they (and foreign powers) are going to collect. And the more powerful computers become, the more effectively they will be able to make sense out of that information. And that’s true whether we like it or not.
I’m glad, I was a little alarmed.
There are degrees of information. The NSA can collect telephone call times and then infer who was talking to which person and other connections. Then there is stripping your computer for all the information they can milk which is an invasion of privacy.
This invasion of privacy doesn’t have to be accepted because its not acceptable.
This only tracks the touch-screen keyboard input and the words you enter into it to improve suggestions. You would WANT it on in the same way as you want it on your iOS or Android device when typing or not if that is your prerogative.
Google’s Chrome browser (and Firefox and Safari) has a similar option enabled by default as well, but no article trying to shame them for it? iOS and Android devices do it too, yet everyone acts like Microsoft is the only big bad wolf in the entire forest.
Exactly, it’s built right into Gboard. Dumb news article…
Not only does Google do the same thing, but they SELL the profile they create about you to advertisers.
At least Microsoft is using the info as a means to improve the user’s life, not their own wallets.
Oh, poor little Microsoft-Fan.
One of the next Windows 10 Updates will include personalized Ads IN the Explorer.
Oh, poor little liberal…
And there will be a way to turn them off. And?
That’s like saying that a browser includes ways for ads to be displayed in the browser….
Give us a break.
Same goes for Google ads. You can turn off personalized ads.
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en
How does not wanting your OS to spy on you and feed you ads mark you as a liberal? Do you just use that as a general insult? Seems like being conservative with your personal privacy would be a thing we would all agree on, regardless of political leanings…
Don’t buy the OS that “spies” on you then. Or use a cracked version (like every sane person does) that will not be able for microsoft to spy on you with.
You do realize that there is NONE differences in a legit and pirated windows else than how the os is handling the key?. A “cracked” windows is just fooled by a emulated windows registration server locally. ANYTHING else is the same and you can disable any geo and telemetry (and other things) easy. A pletora of tools is also aviable with a simple google search to disable what is unseen in the menus.
If you bought a brand new calculator, and found out that when looking for specific functions, you get an ad for the calculator company to buy another calculator, wouldn’t you be pissed? I don’t care about ads on YouTube videos or websites because I can choose not to use those sites and they are generally free. However, I *bought* my computer and the OS that came with it, and I sure as hell don’t want advertising coming at me from something that I bought. You can say something like, “oh, well you bought your TV, and you still get ads on those” (not implying that you actually said these words, just an example), but it’s not the TV that is giving me the ads, it’s the channels that are giving me ads. I can choose not to have TV channels if I decide to only watch stuff like DVD’s or something, and I would never get an ad. However, with the new Windows update, they place ads in your explorer, meaning that, even if you’re not doing anything except for moving files around, you may be shown an ad. That just doesn’t make sense.
You don’t own Windows when you buy it. Read what you agreed to when you installed it. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Useterms/Retail/Windows/10/UseTerms_Retail_Windows_10_English.htm
Yup. Also every softwares that I know use the word ‘license’. This means, unlike hardwares, these softwares aren’t sold to us, they didn’t become ours, we paid in order to be allowed to use them. The softwares still belong to the company, so they can do anything they want. If you dislike it, then you don’t use it.
That’s what they think
>Windows
>buy it
Are we living in 2000? Oh wait, I forgot. People were cracking windows even back then.
Malware disguising as “cracks” or “keygens” was around here since the beginning of the time. Now it’s just more risky to use with the new methods of getting permanent STI (software transmitted infection) – into the BIOS or hard disk firmware.
To everyone their risk assessment.
Irrelevant, you install it and use it, therefore you agreed to the terms.
1984
You may not own it, but you paid money for it. They already have the cash, taking your data and pushing you adverts is EVIL.
Nope, you don’t get your DVD’s ad free. Nor Blu-ray. They all come with ads before the movies.
They aren’t targeted at you personally though
but a browser shows other people’s content that i haven’t bought and they want to make money by selling ads
of course, I’m still free to choose which servers i accept traffic from, but i think it’s mostly fair that people say that if you want to view my content, you will pay for it by watching these ads.
i’ve already paid for a license of windows 10 (or the manufacture of the product I bought did for me) and i want to view my own content
would you accept ads on your fridge every time you tried to open it?
how about ads on the pillow that you bought.
Liberal?
Clearly, he is a stinkin’ Presbyterian…Those guys and their silly opinions on Operating Systems
Sad,that can be done without server side. And Windows 10 phone uses Edge not ie. Oh the phone mine uses PowerShell not explorer it’s disabled.
Oh no! Google sell your information! Not. If you’d actually have read their privacy statement you’d know Google AdSense is a self-owned subsidiary. They don’t sell your information, they just use it. Also, you can delete most of that data from your profile if you want. “What about the stuff that doesn’t fit under most?” That’s your username, email and other public information you gave them, stupid. Delete your Google account if you’re really that paranoid.
“They don’t sell your information, they just use it.”
To sell ads
You don’t know how the world works, do you? Nothing is free and ads are Google’s biggest source of income. They partner with ad providers to give you ads based on your activity, benefiting both parties. If they didn’t do it like that, you’d have to pay to use their services. Can you imagine a Wikipedia with ads? No, because they’re a non-profit. Google, however, is not a non-profit. They have billions upon billions of gigabytes stored on their servers, do you think they’ll just be able to live off of Candy Crush purchases and music distribution?
“At least Microsoft is using the info as a means to improve the user’s life, not their own wallets”
Another sap who thinks M$ made Windows 10 free out of the kindness of their heart.
Thanks to their insane EULA, they can (and do) sell your information to anyone they feel like selling it to, and they sell back doors to government agencies.
Windows 10 is the operating system on your computer. It’s not your web browser. It’s not your phone.
But you know that… don’t you.
But you are writing more things in your browser, facebook, skype or on phone than in your OS.
I’m not trying to defend MS, but this is just a piece of this puzzle.
People are arguing that there is a huge difference between browser history and saved credit card and password information for autofill and predictive text reasons which is obviously present in your browser vs logging every single keystroke for god-only-knows-why. There is literally *no good reason* for a key logger to ever run on any device that you are using unless you just want to give away private information at some point because that is absolutely what will happen on a long enough timeline.
I will take a moment especially on a stressful day to extract my feelings on my journal or a quick comment to note pad or even sticky notes. I am sure that I am not the only person to utilize the “accessories” imbedded in the OS
So what? What you write in chrome is not sent to google. If you write a WhatsApp message in the web interface, for example, it is not sent to google. There’s a great difference.
Bet your life on that?
You do realize that a keylogger gets everything, right?
Ignore this post.
There is a Win10 phone…
>implying a phone does not have an OS
>implying that microsoft will do more harm using a keylogger than other companies
please…
But I run windows mobile 10 on my phone!
So you’re equating the browser history that I want with the blanket logging of my keystrokes on a desktop operating system?
I also have the choice of keyboards on my Android systems.
I don’t remember Apple or Google being convicted of criminal customer harming behavior on multiple continents.
>I don’t remember Apple or Google being convicted of criminal customer harming behavior on multiple continents.
HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHH
You are either an anti-windows fag or you rely 100% on fb news.
Stop sucking microsofts dick Animus, they’re one of the most evil companies along with Apple and Google
Yeah, because sending your browser history is the same thing as sending EVERYTHING you type, in whatever application, right?
You make way too much sense to get through to the chronically paranoid!
Rather than cop an attitude, why not just tell us the information? I happen to hate Google and their Chrome at least as much as I hate Microsoft, so I’m very open to what you seem to be saying.
Do you actually know what a KEYLOGGER is? It doesn’t sound like you do.
It isn’t just monitoring keystrokes. That is done by the majority of software written and is done to simply assist the user in operating the software. There is no record kept of the keystrokes used in any way.
A KEYLOGGER, records the keystrokes and allows another party to read your keystrokes any time they want to.
I’m reasonably sure Firefox DOES NOT have a KEYLOGGER and reasonably sure that the other software you’ve mentioned don’t as well (but I’m not overly familiar with these software so I can’t say 100%).
Write the article for those and I’ll turn them off, too.
May I request to see Bill Gates key log? WTF, Where do these guys get off?
When you move into a position whereby you have to convince Bill Gates to use your product over Google, Apple, etc. then YES, you can implement a system that allows you to do that better.
Exaggeration (from both of us) aside, if it is ever discovered that Microsoft is using the information in as nefarious a manner as Google is using IT’S data collection, then I will match you in outrage against Microsoft.
turn in your Android phone, iphone, Google, and Firefox browser too – likely many other things that collect the same data.
Don’t become a sheeple listening to FUD
The issue here is that this type of data collection (keyloggers, location, etc) is turned on by default. At least Android and Firefox (the two I use on a daily basis) do not have this kind of data collection turned on by default.
FUD saves lives.
Sure, but you won’t get anything since he hasn’t worked at MS for years, if you are gonna be mad at MS try to at least know who runs the company.