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IMHO Single Player and Co-Op are a blast. Really wish it was 4 player co-op, but the wrecking zone thing isn't fun. Well worth signing up for Game Pass for $2 for 2 months and playing C3 and then moving on. Game Pass https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass If you sign up for $2 for 2...

No one said that the company shouldn't be investigated. However Elasticsearch is not the company that should be investigated -- Data & Leads Inc should be investigated. They are the company that stood up this service, didn't enable or add any security and then just left it accessible via the...

Elasticsearch is also completely open source including their X-Pack (however X-Pack does require a license) https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch

A lot of you guys are really missing the point. This is not a BUG or FLAW in elasticsearch. This is a flaw in how the company decided to use Elasticsearch which as mentioned by others can happen to any software.

This is like any other piece of software -- they downloaded and were using elasticsearch, but did not enable security on the product and left it wide open on the default port accessible via the internet. Elasticsearch isn't the issue, it is the developer/company. Elasticsearch provides...

They have iOS ports working -- Candy Crush on Windows 10 and Windows Phone is basically iOS code. I think that is more important than Android apps (as those are mostly poorer versions of iPhone apps). Another rumor is that the Android ports actually worked too well and undercut the need to use...

I do know ease of reading is the #1 reason my mother picked Windows Phone. She just wanted a smartphone for email, browsing, texting and a other things. Windows Phone with its higher contracts fonts to background and the back, start and search buttons made it easier for her to use. To each...

This is basically the tool they use for Windows and all other telemetry data they collect: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/app-insights-get-started/

War is a great motivator. Look at all the technology and discoveries made at times of war. Since we have no idea about aliens, everyone's ideas on the topic are acceptable for the most part.

Gamers appear to be enjoying Windows 10. http://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-being-used-close-25-all-steam-pc-gamers

The addressed that....

Both the PS4 and X1 are weak. They were weak when they launched. The X1 weaker than the PS4. However saying 1080p@60FPS or bust is silly. It just means they will limit other aspects of the game to meet 1080p@60FPS. Both consoles can easily do 1080p@60FPS if you limit what they have to do...

That is just silly. Solid 1080p @ 60FPS doing what? They can both do that now depending on what they are displaying. What is your benchmark for making such a silly statement? Should a game that has 100+ AI characters in a city that has moving cars, explosions, etc... be 1080p @ 60FPS...

The Apple bias is obviously real and of course only the Verge would write an article that acknowledges and then basically states it is deserved. Yes Apple has made some great device. Apple makes generally quality stuff. However, that doesn't give the press (and the tech press who is...

Good article on Application Insights: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cdndevs/archive/2015/09/21/flying-in-the-dark-add-instrumentation.aspx

Awesome. That was a great read and I am happy to hear someone is taking a real stand (not sarcasm). Sadly it is also a double edged sword. People want Cortana to "know" them. For this to happen it is going to need to gather data about the person. I know not everyone here wants that stuff...

I never said it was right. I simply said pointing out that Microsoft does it while using iOS, Android, Facebook, apps, etc... just makes you look like an idiot. Put up or shut up. Actually take a stand and change your computing behaviors instead of just pointing the finger at Microsoft as if...

I never said it was cool or acceptable. But the bandwagon hating of Microsoft is stupid and shows that anyone stating that is ignorant of reality. You use Siri or Google Now? They are gathering and recording what you say. You use Google Mail? Etc... I am not a fan of all this data mining...

Application Insights is available for free to small app developers and then you have to pay once your application becomes popular enough. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/app-insights-overview/ It works on iOS, Windows, etc... It is the same stuff Microsoft uses for...

Any OS you are using developed by Apple, Google or Microsoft is using some sort of telemetry on you. Any website you visit is spying on you. Any app you use is gathering telemetry data on you. Basically you look rather foolish parroting this. Microsoft isn't doing anything that Android, iOS...

This sounds a lot like some of the products that FireEye offers. https://www.fireeye.com/

For some reason they are not billing that as a Superman sequel, but more a Justice League prequel. I know it is splitting hairs, but that is how they are talking about it and that Superman will get a proper standalone sequel in the future.

I am not a Snapchat user. I understand the initial use for Sexting because your image would self destruct. Now that every platform can just save the image when you text it to them.... Why do people continue to use Snapchat vs other communication platforms? Yes I am old and out of touch.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2971088/windows/fears-of-microsoft-scanning-your-windows-10-pc-for-pirated-games-are-overblown.html -- Fears of Microsoft scanning your Windows 10 PC for pirated games are overblown Windows 10 has many concerned about privacy, but the latest worries over Windows...

Microsoft will allow "real" win32 apps to be published via the App Store this fall packaged using App-V. https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/2-692 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hh826068.aspx

There are a lot of new security features in Windows 10 vs Windows 7. Device Guard, etc... Some of it does require new hardware.

Actually, I don't think xprivacy does that. xprivacy will prevent an app from accessing additional system info. However, unless you block an app from internet access -- the app will gather telemetry data on how you use the specific app. It might not know your location, etc... but it will...

Unless you are blocking your android apps from using the internet they are gathering telemetry data on you and they can record everything you click, type in, etc... into the app as long as the app has access to the internet.

I am shocked at how informed many here are. If you use any website or any phone app you are certainly having telemetry data monitored. Applications suites like Application Insights work with iOS, Android, Windows, Web, etc... none of the app stores require that you tell the user you are...

In addition -- I use application insights in my iOS apps. It is free for a certain number of users and has helped me fix/find usability bugs, etc... Apple doesn't require that the user be informed, be allowed to opt-out, etc... I just have to declare that my application uses the internet which...

If you are truly concerned by data collection don't use any mobile apps. Apple, Microsoft, and Google just require that the app declare that it uses the "Internet for data" -- that will then let the app serve you ads, collect analytics, etc... Application Analytics allows an app to monitor...