Windows 10 Anniversary Update: Cortana has 'absolutely no way of identifying you' if you log out of it, says Microsoft

Charlee Gothard
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System log-in and Cortana log-in are totally different things, promises company

Windows 10 Anniversary Update won't let you disable Cortana, but Microsoft has confirmed that logging out of the 'personal assistant' will stop it logging voice and keystrokes. The confirmation ...

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