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Windows 10 makes diagnostic data collection compulsory

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August 10, 2015

Windows 10 makes diagnostic data collection compulsory

Microsoft has expanded its diagnostic data collection with Windows 10, making what had been a voluntary telemetry program now mandatory. READ MORE

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