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A comment on Ask HN: Is there any right to online privacy?.

Re:Ask HN: Is there any right to online privacy? by fsflover on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:45PM (#26388871)
> Would you accept your OS to collect anonymous usage data without your explicit consent?

Isn't that exactly what Windows 10 is doing?

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Re:Ask HN: Is there any right to online privacy? by lsuss on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:48PM (#26388930)
AFAIK it is not the case anymore; you have to opt-in.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there any right to online privacy? by eivarv on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:06PM (#26390788)
Seems there's still "required diagnostic data" [0].

See also "Minimum telemetry level" [1] under "Comparison of Windows 10 editions" on Wikipedia.

[0]: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/data-collection-windows

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_editions#Comparison...

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