Jeff Moden (8/31/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/31/2015)
I'm not sure this is as big a deal as some people have written. Hard to decide if this is journalism run amok for the sake of hits: http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-microsoft-is-not-spying-on-you-with-windows-10/Heh... I trust them as far as I can throw them on such things. They added a Windows 10 Upgrade icon to my tray on my laptop. If they can do that, what else can they do? Of course, it's not likely that Windows 10 will be any less secure than my current Windows 7 OS but there's also no guarantee of that. So, I'll wait for a while longer.
The icon gets added via a Windows Update that was sent out as a "Recommended" update. So, if you were like most people (including me) on your machine you just check the boxes (or let the install on their own.)
If you want to get rid of the icon, just uninstall KB3035583 and don't re-install it...
Jason