Hello Jim,
You might be surprised. Like me, Bill is not a young whipper-snapper, a member of the under 50 crowd! :-) LOL It may be like a comedian said one time "I think that all of us eventually fall off the fashion train as we get a little older." Well, maybe we each choose a stop on the technology train at which to exit! LOL
Best,
Terri
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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:52 PM
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Bill:
It looks like you forgot something from your forward of my message. Here it is again - going out to the whole list, I assume.
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On the other hand, my "alternative perspective" is to avoid the "cloud" as much as possible. I do understand that I do have, and will have no power to stop some things from having to be stored in that way. Technology is too far along now to prevent that. It's bad enough that my iPhone wants to "enable" the iCloud, and make other changes to my settings, whenever the IOS is updated, and that Apple keeps reminding me to install iCloud on my PC.
So, knowing that I can disable One Drive is something that I can do that could save me a lot of grief! It may not stop the other things from happening; but, I like to have control over that which it is possible for me to control.
When you get right down to it, I guess that I have extremely little faith that there are any "privacy guarantees", especially once information gets placed on the internet! I come from the days when there was no internet, CPM was the dominant OS, through the DOS days, and kicking and screaming all the way through various iterations of various screen readers to JAWS 17 and Windows 8.1. As this journey progressed, I felt my ability to control technology slip gradually away. So, I am reluctant to relinquish what control I have.
Just venting... I have absolutely no problem with other people using the cloud. It's just a different generation/way of looking at the world these days. I have no problem with progress in general; but, I do object to me being forceably "progressed"! I like to know that what "has" worked for me up until now, will "continue" to work for me in the future.
Nonetheless, I am left with a "quick" question. When people upgrade to Windows 10, are they forced to use the cloud? Would there be anything - e.g. settings, contacts, anything - that "automatically" would be sent to the cloud? If so, and if possible, what steps could be taken to prevent/minimize the use of the cloud in Windows 10? And, would it still be possible to "disable" One Drive - I'm assuming "yes"?
Secondarily, is there anything in upcoming versions of JAWS, e.g. V: 18, where one should be cautious about potential use of the cloud?
Thanks for listening to my short rant.
Jim H
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From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Pasco
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 5:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Disabling One Drive
I think the message below was intended for the entire list.
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