There are settings, however, they are enabled by default to silently send telemetry, and they also implement new ways of collecting telemetry, with new settings

There are settings, however, they are enabled by default to silently send telemetry, and they also implement new ways of collecting telemetry, with new settings to opt out of it, on an "every few months" basis. So it's a constant battle of monitoring what behavior they're up to and turning it off.