Re:Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it
by ForOldHack on Monday March 07, 2022 @09:22PM
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LTSC. Long Term Support Channel.
Anti-telemetry anyway.
Re:Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it
by autoexec on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:59PM
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Even with LTSC you can't disable all telemetry, It could have been a great (and very popular) option for companies (even though it wouldn't help home users), but MS didn't want that and discouraged its use in everything but the most extreme cases (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3326065/microsoft-tras...) even before they cut support to 5 years instead of 10.
Maybe things will be better with windows 11?
I'm sure on enterprise systems MS is pretty hands off. They've got a very stable cash cow there they don't want to scare away, but home users are probably screwed and you should expect that. MS has been making their opinion of their user's right to privacy and to control what their own computer very clear over the years. They've repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to leverage their OS against the users and their wishes for power and profit. Act accordingly.