Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Microsoft's telemetry

Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by NKosmatos on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:52PM (#28599471)

I use the address bar of the browser to quickly strip formatting :-)

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by strombofulous on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:26PM (#28599845)

FYI, chrome/edge have similar behavior in their omnibox.

If you ever find the time, open up fiddler and keep it visible on a second monitor while you browse. You'll be amazed by how much data is sent back to microsoft/Google.

I'm not sure if other chromium browsers also do this, I know ungoogled chromium doesn't.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by thrashh on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:36PM (#28599932)

Shouldn’t be surprising if autocomplete results appear immediately after typing in the box.

They didn’t magically appear from thin air for sure.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by im3w1l on Monday September 20, 2021 @06:29PM (#28599878)

At least the address bar lets you know it gets uploaded by displaying search autocompletes

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