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> Yes, there's plenty of "diagnostic" information sent to Microsoft. You might be willing to trust Microsoft with it, but I sure don't. I have not seen any act
by pawadu 9y ago
> Yes, there's plenty of "diagnostic" information sent to Microsoft. You might be willing to trust Microsoft with it, but I sure don't.
I have not seen any actual analysis of the sent data. I would prefer it didn't send anything but until proven otherwise I will assume it is just app diagnostics.
Remember they are in the business of selling operating systems. EU would happily shut them down if they are caught doing any shenanigans.
> Thankfully the only Windows I currently run is XP in a VM isolated from the Internet
I suspect whatever OS you are using as host also talks to the mothership, it just doesn't say it in a privacy page.
- PhantomGremlin 9y agoI suspect whatever OS you are using as host also talks to the mothership, it just doesn't say it in a privacy page. MacOS has telemetry, but it seems to be easily disabled. Is it really disabled? Nobody but Apple knows. It's safe to say that both Windows and MacOS are chatty. But, for whatever reason, I trust Apple more. My firewall runs OpenBSD. That's a breath of fresh air. I can run ps and understand exactly what processes are running and why. Definitely no inexplicable TCP connections.