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Originally Posted by FaytalsCamaro
Before I continue I want to say I'm enjoying our convo and hope u are too don't want this to turn into a nasty argument because of a misunderstanding cause the Internet can't convey emotion well. Your windows id is the email directly tied to your account so once they find that out they could find a way to gain access to your. But the only way they could get that is your own slip up. Either you open an email with key logging software that they send you or other social engineering tactics. But as long as your smart and don't fall for stuff like that your account will be fine no one will be able to spy on your or such.
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That is true. But you also have to understand that there are black markets where they trade in personal information. So it doesn't even have to be YOU who slips up. Your bank could slip up, your kid, or brother, or cousin/friend could send you a corrupted email and that's all it takes. If someone decided to take the time to cross reference hacked lists from personal information provided from any number of sources they could cause some real damage. Hell all they would really have to do is cross reference email addresses and if they sync up, well then now they can have a reasonable guess on passwords etc.
I just don't like companies pushing the limit like this. NOT every product needs to be connected to the internet. NOT every product needs a camera. Seriously.
There is no reason why my clothes washer needs to connect to my home network (yes, my washer has this ability. No, it is not activated). At some point people just need to say "here's the line"
and no animus on my side either.