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that's a bit disingenuous: the issue here is that even if you turn off activity tracking, activity is still tracked if you have error reporting enabled, a setti
by modzu 8y ago
that's a bit disingenuous: the issue here is that even if you turn off activity tracking, activity is still tracked if you have error reporting enabled, a setting that is much less explicit about what it is collecting.
- nickjj 8y ago> A setting that is much less explicit about what it is collecting. It's pretty explicit on what it's collecting given the article's context. The linked article's tagline is: > Microsoft baffles Windows 10 users by apparently collecting data about recently opened websites and apps when users have opted against sharing that information. But if you look at the help text next to the radio button in the diagnostics settings it specifically says if you turn it on it will track which websites you visit (among other things). There are other things that get tracked which is less explicit in the wording, but then again, you can set this to "basic" and then it's only anonymous data that gets sent. If someone is serious about protecting their privacy and happens to be stuck using Windows, in my opinion it's their responsibility to at least look at the configuration options of Windows.
- zwaps 8y agoI have it set to basic and it still shows the apps I used in the privacy dashboard website. The basic/full story is bull
- nickjj 8y agoYeah but having a privacy dashboard means you have a MS Live account linked to your Windows login right? You should disable that and revert to a standard offline Windows user account (check the 3 steps from my original parent comment).