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I believe it, but do you have a source? I have a few friends I'd like to inform of this.

wredue 3y ago
Funny, because I was wrong. Here’s the Nvidia privacy policy: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/privacy-policy/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/privacy-policy/ How I was wrong is was in the “valuable debugging information”. Because you can actually disable the sending of debug and crash statistics, but you cannot disable the collection of tracking everything you do except for password boxes! The original source on the telemetry was a print magazine, CanardPC, but this is referenced quite a bit. I was additionally wrong the GeForce Experience matters. This is currently untrue. After the original article was released of how much spying Nvidia does, the telemetry package was moved to the driver rather than GeForce experience. Long story short: if you have an Nvidia video card and have not actively disabled nvtmmon then Nvidia is tracking every window you open, how long it’s open, which windows have focus and for how long, window locations titles etc, along with clicks (but not keyboard strokes) etc. *It is not only tracking games. It tracks everything. It does this with just the driver*. If you have GeForce experience, then that information is tied to your sensitive personal information. If you do not opt out, they sell that to advertisers. If you do opt out, the collection happens anyway, but they claim they’re not sending it to third parties.
- jodrellblank 3y ago
  Where does your link support what you are claiming? Clicking "see more" on all the sections and searching, there is no mention of "valuable debubbing information". Under "Using NVIDIA Products" section it lists GeForce experience, but not plain graphics cards or their drivers. I have no nvtmmon.exe running and the folder C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\NvTelemetry\reports Has almost empty files last modified 2019.
- stevesimmons 3y ago
  > If you do opt out, the collection happens anyway, but they claim they’re not sending it to third parties. For EU-based customers, how can this be GDPR-compliant?
- NavinF 3y ago
  I see nothing related to "title and window information" nor "every single spot that you click on your screen". Why did you dodge the question?
- vehementi 3y ago
  Where do you opt out if you don't have GeForce experience at all?
  - wredue 3y ago
    I’ve just learned: you don’t. I thought this was limited to just GeForce experience, but it’s not. You need to kill Nvidia telemetry services (one site has it listed as nmtvmon). Another option would be to block traffic to Nvidia from leaving your network (pihole captures at least some Nvidia telemetry, not sure if it blocks all). I don’t have a list of urls or IPs to look out for.
- Contusion3532 3y ago
  Wow. Thanks for the response. That's pretty bad.

Funny, because I was wrong. Here’s the Nvidia privacy policy: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/privacy-policy/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/privacy-policy/ How I was wrong is was in the “valuable debugging information”. Because you can actually disable the sending of debug and crash statistics, but you cannot disable the collection of tracking everything you do except for password boxes! The original source on the telemetry was a print magazine, CanardPC, but this is referenced quite a bit. I was additionally wrong the GeForce Experience matters. This is currently untrue. After the original article was released of how much spying Nvidia does, the telemetry package was moved to the driver rather than GeForce experience. Long story short: if you have an Nvidia video card and have not actively disabled nvtmmon then Nvidia is tracking every window you open, how long it’s open, which windows have focus and for how long, window locations titles etc, along with clicks (but not keyboard strokes) etc. *It is not only tracking games. It tracks everything. It does this with just the driver*. If you have GeForce experience, then that information is tied to your sensitive personal information. If you do not opt out, they sell that to advertisers. If you do opt out, the collection happens anyway, but they claim they’re not sending it to third parties.

jodrellblank 3y ago
Where does your link support what you are claiming? Clicking "see more" on all the sections and searching, there is no mention of "valuable debubbing information". Under "Using NVIDIA Products" section it lists GeForce experience, but not plain graphics cards or their drivers. I have no nvtmmon.exe running and the folder C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\NvTelemetry\reports Has almost empty files last modified 2019.
stevesimmons 3y ago
> If you do opt out, the collection happens anyway, but they claim they’re not sending it to third parties. For EU-based customers, how can this be GDPR-compliant?
NavinF 3y ago
I see nothing related to "title and window information" nor "every single spot that you click on your screen". Why did you dodge the question?
vehementi 3y ago
Where do you opt out if you don't have GeForce experience at all?
- wredue 3y ago
  I’ve just learned: you don’t. I thought this was limited to just GeForce experience, but it’s not. You need to kill Nvidia telemetry services (one site has it listed as nmtvmon). Another option would be to block traffic to Nvidia from leaving your network (pihole captures at least some Nvidia telemetry, not sure if it blocks all). I don’t have a list of urls or IPs to look out for.
Contusion3532 3y ago
Wow. Thanks for the response. That's pretty bad.