Windows 8 reports to Microsoft about all installation applications

According to Nadim Kobeissi, a programmer Nadim Cobes, Windows 8 informs Microsoft about all the applications that users download and install through a new feature called "SmartScreen".

Windows 8 has been criticized for a two-month period, such as the Metro interface and the lack of a "start" button.

SmartScreen's original intention is to protect users from malware by scanning applications downloaded from the Internet and sending relevant information to Microsoft to ensure that the application is safe. However, according to Cobes, hackers may be able to "intercept the information SmartScreen to Microsoft to understand the user to download and install all the applications."

The SmartScreen feature is turned on by default, and Windows regularly alerts users to open SmartScreen when the user shuts down.

A Microsoft spokesman confirmed, "We can confirm that we will not establish user-installed software and user IP address database." As with all online services, IP addresses are required to access our services, but we delete the user's IP address in the log. As our privacy policy points out, we take steps at the back end to protect users ' privacy. We do not use this information to confirm user identities, to contact users, to send ads to users, or to share this information with third parties. ”

"Given the data interception risk in the SSL2.0 protocol, Windows SmartScreen does not use the protocol by default," the Microsoft spokesman said. ”