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Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No.

For Enterprise users they offer LTSC versions (bare minimum version of the OS) with extended support, and national agencies are able to get the source code of Windows under the program Shared Source Initiative.

Network traffic can be monitored, so a private intelligence agency also could watch any unwanted calls made solely by the OS and block them accordingly.