[Cdnwolf]

Windows 10 and Torrent sites are at war with each other.

Even before Microsoft's updated Privacy Statement and Services Agreement kicked in on August 1, privacy advocates from the European Digital Rights group warned the new privacy policy was "bad news for privacy." Then Windows 10 default settings proved to be skewed toward spying on users by default. The fact that users are opted in unless they take steps to opt out is so bad for privacy that people who do not normally bother to read Microsoft's Services EULA (end-use license agreement) started doing so.

Some news sites warned that if you use Windows 10 then Microsoft's EULA could allow the company to disable counterfeit games and illegal hardware. The portion (7b) that freaked folks out states:

We may automatically check your version of the software, which is necessary to provide the Services and download software updates or configuration changes, without charging you, to update, enhance and further develop the Services, including those that prevent you from accessing the Services, playing counterfeit games or using unauthorized hardware peripheral devices.

As that blew across the digital wires, Microsoft responded to "Windows 10 built-in piracy kill switch" accusations by claiming its EULA had always given it the power to remotely disable pirated games on PCs. reports torrent sites to