The preview of Windows 8 and may be used and many who look beyond the aesthetic and have been held in astonishment how comfortable they have found it. Of course in the major overhaul also enters the new service discovery, and has discovered a pretty controversial: Windows SmartScreen. This process is an analysis and compilation of data for each new installation of software on Winows 8 and sends it to Microsoft to see if it is digitally signed. As done in secret, by default and in an unsafe manner, and this has become another major attack on the privacy of users of Windows 8

To the delight of the early adopters, technicians and experts to try it again as soon as it is released, Windows 8 is no longer used in various presentations promoting the empirical approach to its operation. With suspicion by the interface and having some doubts about integrations, many users we have ventured into Windows 8 with machete in hand pointer. After a review period acceptable to the launch of the latest free version, limited to Microsoft has released Windows 8 has been a problem that some experts are trying blogs, and this relates to user privacy in Windows 8. Is that as Kobeisi Nadim, a software engineer, Windows 8 sends all that information to install Microsoft.

The culprit of the matter, in addition to Microsoft, is a small Windows service called SmartScreen. This service is enabled by default on any Windows, has the function to capture a kind of information that you install software hash and send it to Microsoft to check its safety. That is, make sure it is not malicious software, you can install without risks. At first it seems an interesting option after fight infection receiving less seasoned users about computer use and the "functioning" of malware on the Internet. But you have to look a little beyond the matter and see what Microsoft is doing here is to invade user privacy. Let's put unwittingly.



An example of its operation could be: Downloads Torrent client. Then you open the installer and Windows SmartScreen currently runs in the background to capture the serial data and send it to Microsoft software for rapid analysis of digital signatures. If the application is not in order, Windows will return an error. In addition to what this means in terms of privacy, there is also a safety issue, and that the server is Microsoft still uses the SSLv2 protocol, which is known for its flaws and security holes. Then, when you consider that the installed programs can make a profile of user activities and above this information gathered in silence for Microsoft is exposed to an attack, the situation becomes more embarrassing and hopefully resolve it before the release of the final version.

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