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I helped a friend turn off the worst of telemetry and there was definitely a pre-checked checkbox that would send data to MS to improve "typing" or some other n

by blub 7y ago

I helped a friend turn off the worst of telemetry and there was definitely a pre-checked checkbox that would send data to MS to improve "typing" or some other nonsense. Given that MS can connect to your computer at higher telemetry levels and run programs and download documents, I have zero trust in this company and turned everything I could find off.

posix_me_less 7y ago
If you have zero trust why do you expect turning off everything achieves anything? Microsoft is known to turn their malfeatures back on.
- magduf 7y ago
  Furthermore, if you have zero trust in your OS vendor, then why are you continuing to use their product?
  - mirimir 7y ago
    I need to use Windows sometimes to check out VPN client apps. Also to use Excel, when Calc chokes on too much data and/or too many calculations. So I'm just very careful. I have old Windows 7 and Office DVDs that I bought for cash at a yard sale. I created a VirtualBox VM, and updated it through a nested VPN chain. When I need to use Windows, I just clone that VM. If I'm putting data on it, I don't give it an Internet uplink. Occasionally, I update a clone. And if everything goes well, I use that as the source for future working clones. If I need to retain old clones, I put them on an external LUKS SSD.
  - krageon 7y ago
    Perhaps you work on windows (and are required to), or you like playing AAA videogames. Two use-cases where not using windows is not an option, but a requirement.
    - magduf 7y ago
      Playing AAA videogames is not a requirement for anything unless your job is game testing.
      - krageon 7y ago
        I said it was a use-case. It might not be a use-case that is right for you, but I'd hazard to go so far as to say that it is a use-case for a large amount of people that run Windows.