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Has Microsoft cleaned up their act? I thought windows still had mostly mandatory telemetry, and as far as I know, they haven’t walked back the thing where engi
by hedora 3y ago
Has Microsoft cleaned up their act?
I thought windows still had mostly mandatory telemetry, and as far as I know, they haven’t walked back the thing where engineers can pull arbitrary files off your machine “for diagnostic purposes only”, which means they’re legally obligated to service all sorts of sketchy warrants against machines they don’t own.
- benterix 3y agoFrom their perspective, they practically own them. I realized this when I first noted a process started by Chrome called "software reporter" that wasn't started by me, I had no knowledge it started and if I knew, I wouldn't let it start. The web was full of tips on how to permanently disable the thing from running. So yes, from the point of view of these companies, they can do whatever they feel is reasonable, and we as users have no say in this.