Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26533925-20151203194947/@comment-7326455-20151205230805

BunsenH wrote: There are a number of reasons not to use Windows 10. In terms of computer security, it's appalling. Oh boy, the wonderful modern trend of trading security for ease-of-use. Dunno if you've got it where you are, but the awesome new thing over here is Pay-and-Wave, where instead of having to insert or swipe your credit/debit card into a machine, you can just wave it at the machine instead. Plus, for purchases under $100, you don't need a PIN. Trouble is, now anyone who gets a hold of your card can drain your account $100 at a time, and they don't need to know your PIN or be able to forge your signature. For that matter, anyone walking past you with a reader device in their pocket can take money from you.

Progress!

Anyway, you CAN opt-out of all of that stuff. Tech experts are making the appropriate fuss that it should be opt-IN, not opt-out, so I guess we'll see.