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

Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by raxxorrax on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @03:44AM (#28602866)

I think this form of telemetry is far worse than the unlikely event someone uses an unfixed exploit against my OS to be honest. Although I would expect this kind of telemetry already implemented in Windows 7.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by jsjsjsjsjsjs on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @05:13AM (#28603288)

All it takes is going to one random website, that embeds ads, that embed an exploit kit. Not a new thing, we had this happen even with popular news sites. So yeah, it is more likely than you think.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by raxxorrax on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @05:37AM (#28603380)

I think in most cases the browser is far more relevant than the OS.

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Re:Text entered into Windows' Run dialogue gets sent to Micr... by m463 on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @01:55PM (#28607710)

I didn't install the windows 7 telemetry updates (or the force upgrade to 8 updates, etc...)

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