> I take it that you don't use a smartphone, either, since you have no way of knowing what is transmitted either, either by the primary OS or the secondary radio OS.

You know, two wrongs do not make one right.

> Or macOS (nee OS X), since Apple gathers telemetry as well.

In OSX, sending telemetry and crash reports is voluntary. It is being asked in the OOB wizard and is easily available in the Settings application.

In consumer SKUs of Windows 10, that's not the case, sending telemetry is mandatory.

> Paranoid or not, telemetry is already everywhere without you knowing what's being sent and it's here to stay.

Too early to say. It may also break Microsoft's neck.

> Singling out Windows is ridiculous.

Biggest target. They have a great opportunity to lead by example - in the positive way.

>If they haven't found anything in the telemetry that makes headlines yet, most likely there's nothing to find.

There's plenty to be found and Microsoft isn't even hiding it: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/con...

That data, even at the "Basic" level, is enough to be used for 'bad things'. And since it's on someone else's computer you can't know who has access to it, so you can assume the worst.

>Singling out Windows is ridiculous.

Just Windows 10. Because it's the only mainstream desktop OS with forced telemetry and no opt-out option.

I'd rather be betrayed by N devices than N+1.