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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by bjpbakker on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @02:41AM (#16856050)
According to blog posts and articles on tech sites there still is no way to disable all telemetry on windows 10. I don’t use windows for a long time now so I cannot tell myself.

Anyhow, it is /not/ ok for an OS to spy on their users by default - even if you can disable it manually.

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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by neko_koneko on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @04:51AM (#16856592)
By the way, is there a list of things that Windows collects about computer/user activity?
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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by MikusR on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @07:03AM (#16857201)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/windo...
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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by lsh on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @08:52AM (#16857784)
wow - that is comprehensive and terrifying.

I skimmed the list and these particular ones jumped out at me:

> Movies > URL for a specific two-second chunk of content if there is an error

> Music & TV > Service URL for song being downloaded from the music service -- collected when an error occurs to facilitate restoration of service

> Photos App > File source data -- local, SD card, network device, and OneDrive

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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by NiveaGeForce on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:25AM (#16858587)
That's only when you have it set to Full level, which is not the same as Basic level, which is pretty harmless.
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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by bjpbakker on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:10AM (#16859033)
Even though the "basic" telemetry data is quite the list [0], I agree that it's not nearly as intrusive as the "full" set.

> only when you have it set to Full level "you" (probably any users) won't set the level to "full"; this is the default setting (source [1]). MS only offers "basic" as opt-out (which it really is not).

[0] - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/basic...

[1] - https://www.ghacks.net/2018/03/12/configure-telemetry-window...

update: formatting

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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by batuhanw on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @05:19AM (#16856715)
-Everything
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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by lsh on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @08:53AM (#16857793)
before anyone else downvotes the parent, take a look at the URL in the sibling comment about what is captured.

they're capturing more data about you than you probably realise exists to be captured.

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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by NiveaGeForce on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:25AM (#16858581)
That's only when you have it set to Full level, which is not the same as Basic level, which is pretty harmless.
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