Tohle je zajímavé:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatementFinally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to:
- comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies;
- protect our customers, for example to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of the services, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone;
- operate and maintain the security of our services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or
- protect the rights or property of Microsoft, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services - however, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of Microsoft, we will not inspect a customer's private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement.
Akorát mi není jasné, čeho skutečně se to týká. Zda opravdu MS prolézá lokální disky PC a třeba podle CRC hledá "závadové" soubory. Klidně to může dělat svchost na pozadí a při winupdatování se bude odesílat výsledek pátrání někam. Nebo zda se to týká jen onedrive či dalších cloudových služeb?