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Re:What I think what we need to do to keep FreeBSD relevant ... by hd4 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:49AM (#22025853)
It's trivial to remove telemetry these days.
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Re:What I think what we need to do to keep FreeBSD relevant ... by hd4 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @09:56AM (#22026519)
I seem to be getting a lot of downvotes for that comment for some reason, not sure why but there are several programs that can disable telemetry, this is probably the best-known one.

https://wpd.app/

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Re:What I think what we need to do to keep FreeBSD relevant ... by edgyquant on Sunday January 12, 2020 @10:34AM (#22026709)
Removing telemetry completely isn't supported by MS
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Re:What I think what we need to do to keep FreeBSD relevant ... by papermachete on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:10PM (#22027884)
I also recommend W10 Privacy and Blackbird. Definitely turn off windows defender and all spectre/meltdown mitigations (inSpectre). They don't do anything either way.
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