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Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by pjmlp on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:01AM (#13907109)
> Extensive and opaque 'telemetry' being sent back to MS which cannot be completely turned off

How do you turn off the telemetry of your smartphone apps or web sites that you use?

Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by kybernetikos on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:49PM (#13908151)
I use smart phone apps from fdroid and noscript configured to deny js from telemetry sites.
Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by pjmlp on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:11PM (#13908301)
That doesn't remove the telemetry the web sites are able to do via web clicks, or everything else associated with your profile.

Do you create a fake profile every time you buy something?

Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by some1else on Monday March 20, 2017 @07:51AM (#13913314)
How does not being able to maintain 100% privacy elsewhere matter in this discussion? The fact that there are thousands of abuses happening every minute doesn't justify abuse in any way.
Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by pjmlp on Monday March 20, 2017 @07:57AM (#13913344)
Because the majority of people that appear offended by Microsoft usually don't have any issue with any SV darling doing the same to their data.
Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by kybernetikos on Monday March 20, 2017 @03:05AM (#13912313)
No, only occasionally.
Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by some1else on Monday March 20, 2017 @07:47AM (#13913292)
Are you familiar with a type of hardware or software called firewall?