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Re:Former Twitter Employees Charged with Spying for Saudi Ar... by justinclift on Thursday November 07, 2019 @12:10AM (#21470601)
Let me know when telemetry in Windows can meaningfully be turned off fully, and permanently.

Everything else they've done is pretty much PR management.

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Re:Former Twitter Employees Charged with Spying for Saudi Ar... by dvfjsdhgfv on Thursday November 07, 2019 @01:30AM (#21470951)
I don't understand why you're being downvoted. Yes, there are valid technical reasons to use telemetry, but the tricks Microsoft is playing to get these data against the wishes of their users can't be considered fair.
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Re:Former Twitter Employees Charged with Spying for Saudi Ar... by mixmastamyk on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:06AM (#21471089)
It’s part of the campaign.
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