Do you use Windows 10? If so, pay attention. In the words of the old song, Microsoft is literally "getting to know you, getting to know all about you."

Windows 10 uses includes a diagnostic keylogger, which is turned on by default. That keylogger records every keystroke made by a user, transmitting it to Microsoft for 'diagnostic and predictive purposes.' Most Windows users would never suspect it exists. Even those that do have to go searching through multiple layers of user settings till they get to a button labeled "Stop getting to know me."

Even after they turn this creepy feature off, it can quietly be turned back on by future updates.

Tell Microsoft to stop violating user privacy. Respect user decision and make this fixture opt-in only.

Microsoft is currently working on a new Windows 10 upgrade, the 'Creators Upgrade.' They promise to give users more privacy control and stop forcing secret updates. But can they really be trusted? After all, this is the same company cited last year by the Electronic Freedom Foundation for collecting an "unprecedented amount of usage data," including "location data, text input, voice input, touch input, webpages you visit, and telemetry data regarding your general usage of your computer, including which programs you run and for how long." Their review of Windows 10 left them 'horrified and amazed" and urging Microsoft to "come clean with its user community."

This transparency is especially urgent now in the wake of recent action by the US Congress allowing internet companies to sell user data. With this move, Microsoft, with software running on almost a billion devices, has access to an almost unparalleled treasure trove of keylogging data. This data, collected from largely unwitting users, is a lucrative goldmine of info that can be traded for whatever Microsoft sees fit.

It's time to step up and stop this creepily predatory behavior. Let Microsoft know it's time to stop violating privacy by default in Windows 10, and in all future updates.

Microsoft: Stop this blatant invasion of user privacy now. Change this keylogging feature and all tracking features to opt-in only.

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