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[–] TimberWolfAlpha 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I won't let windows 10 onto my network. Period.

If I ever am forced to a point where I am going to use Windows 10, I'll pick up a machine with VT-d and an IOMMU so that I can pass hardware directly to my Windows 10 virtual machine. I will give it it's own virtual interface driven by a NIC that won't be used for anything else, and firewall the devil out of that virtual interface. Like, a firewall on the host VM, and then an old DDWRT router on the other end of the cable. It will be fed an internet connection that has been completely segregated from my real network. I'll run that Spybot anti-beacon package on it, as well as manually block all the relevant domains for phoning home. I'll also lock down every port in use and only explicitly open the port(s) I need for whatever infuriating task has made Windows 10 necessary.(some game, I imagine, or piece of software I need for something)

I wouldn't let it anywhere near a network drive. if I'm doing something that needs backing up, Win10 can live with a flash drive or three... you can get 32gb for $10, so, yeah.

A little paranoid? maybe. Excessive? Sure. But I regard Win10 in the same manner I regard, say, the human immunodeficiency virus.

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[–] ObeyTheFist ago 

You know they're backporting all the spyware and malware into Windows 7 and 8 too, right?

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[–] TimberWolfAlpha ago 

Only if you've still got automatic updates still on. I always shot the Windows Update service in the head and only turned it on when I actually need it. Also, I'm transitioning some of my machines to Linux Mint on top of that. Third day of it on this laptop, and I'm loving it.