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Awesome, maybe will give data so I can more easily defend my position to refuse Win10 (I was on Win8, hoping Win10 would be better... instead telemetry and forc

Awesome, maybe will give data so I can more easily defend my position to refuse Win10 (I was on Win8, hoping Win10 would be better... instead telemetry and forced updates that break everything fairly regularly made me instead uninstall Win8 and install Win7 instead) or convince me Win10 telemetry really, really is fine. Mind you, where I live, political assassinations, industrial espionage and assassinations and whatnot, although rare, DO exist, so privacy is important (specially for me since I AM actually registered officially as a politician although I never won any election)

frickinLasers 7y ago
I sure hope you're keeping on top of all the Win7 telemetry updates, then. https://www.overclock.net/forum/132-windows/1587577-windows-7-updates-list-descriptions-telemetry.html https://www.overclock.net/forum/132-windows/1587577-windows-... https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-windows-7/ https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-win...
- speeder 7y ago
  I disabled auto-updating precisely so I can only accept certain updates and not others...
- mkup 7y ago
  What's the point of collecting telemetry in Windows 7, if there will be no future versions of Windows 7 (this OS is near its EOL)?
  - frickinLasers 7y ago
    That's a good question... /tinfoilhat
burk96 7y ago
Honestly, unless you absolutely need Windows for critical programs/drivers, I would look into switching to Linux. While there are super hardened distros such as Qubes, even something more user friendly such as Debian and Fedora would be much more trustworthy than Windows 7. Ubuntu would likely be a good place to start if you are completely new as well. They've had their scandals, and the kernel is very large and much harder to audit than the other two, but I would still feel better using it than Windows 7 privacy wise.
- speeder 7y ago
  I do have Linux too. But I use Windows for three main reasons: 1. To not "forget" how to use it, so I can maintain other peopel computers (for example a bunch of computers on some of my startups use windows because users refuse to switch to Linux for whatever reason). 2. So I can use some CAD and 3D software that are Windows-only (I am so mad at this, not even OSX versions of some of them exist, and they are so finnicky, even on Windows they are so unstable, using Wine and whatnot they just crash a lot), mind you I am talking both about mechanical engineering and whatnot CAD, and 3D art software, I work with both (one of my startups is a game design company, another one sells replacement parts for industrial machinery) 3. To play some games... That said I am managing to phase a bit to Linux better now, my SO has a dual-boot machine but she never logs in on Windows, and I am often gaming on her machine and making sure to buy only games that can run on her machine, still some of my favourite already owned games are Win-only and don't run on Wine. (and lot other favourite games are DOS but... DOSBOX is awesome :D)

frickinLasers 7y ago

I sure hope you're keeping on top of all the Win7 telemetry updates, then. https://www.overclock.net/forum/132-windows/1587577-windows-7-updates-list-descriptions-telemetry.html https://www.overclock.net/forum/132-windows/1587577-windows-... https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-windows-7/ https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-win...

speeder 7y ago
I disabled auto-updating precisely so I can only accept certain updates and not others...
mkup 7y ago
What's the point of collecting telemetry in Windows 7, if there will be no future versions of Windows 7 (this OS is near its EOL)?
- frickinLasers 7y ago
  That's a good question... /tinfoilhat

burk96 7y ago

Honestly, unless you absolutely need Windows for critical programs/drivers, I would look into switching to Linux. While there are super hardened distros such as Qubes, even something more user friendly such as Debian and Fedora would be much more trustworthy than Windows 7. Ubuntu would likely be a good place to start if you are completely new as well. They've had their scandals, and the kernel is very large and much harder to audit than the other two, but I would still feel better using it than Windows 7 privacy wise.

speeder 7y ago
I do have Linux too. But I use Windows for three main reasons: 1. To not "forget" how to use it, so I can maintain other peopel computers (for example a bunch of computers on some of my startups use windows because users refuse to switch to Linux for whatever reason). 2. So I can use some CAD and 3D software that are Windows-only (I am so mad at this, not even OSX versions of some of them exist, and they are so finnicky, even on Windows they are so unstable, using Wine and whatnot they just crash a lot), mind you I am talking both about mechanical engineering and whatnot CAD, and 3D art software, I work with both (one of my startups is a game design company, another one sells replacement parts for industrial machinery) 3. To play some games... That said I am managing to phase a bit to Linux better now, my SO has a dual-boot machine but she never logs in on Windows, and I am often gaming on her machine and making sure to buy only games that can run on her machine, still some of my favourite already owned games are Win-only and don't run on Wine. (and lot other favourite games are DOS but... DOSBOX is awesome :D)