LOL, this is hilarious :D

Imagine believing they can sneak gigabytes of network traffic without anyone noticing just because you can’t read the code! :D

Grow up, mate. And check the calendar.

So you still think it’s 1990. Got it. Well, times have changed. We have better oversight. The EU has GDPR, user data is better protected. If they tried to pull off a “heist” and suddenly start grabbing these screenshots from users, the fine from EU would be historical.

Until a windows update kicks in and somehow turns it on for the world.

I don’t know if this is a regional thing, but I’ve been using Windows since 3.11 and have NEVER had ONE instance of an update randomly turning on something that I’ve turned off before.

Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use

Of, ffs, grow up.

An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds

You have no clue what you’re talking about, do you?

Recall only works on devices with an NPU. Do you know why? Because it runs locally. It’s got NOTHING to do with telemetry, because it does NOT send data to Microsoft.

Are you a tech-illiterate person?

If not, explain how is it malicious.

“Look at this fossil thinking it’s still 1990”, I guess?

Mate, did you miss how 30 years have passed? How the world change? Can you even begin to imagine the fine the EU would slap without a second thought on MS if they tried pulling something like suddenly grabbing these screenshots from users’ devices?

Then don’t enable it.

I don’t. I read tech specs and security analyses. You just stick your head in the sand whenever someone says “Microsoft”, though. It’s silly.

Yeah, I’m reporting you, mate. You’re insane. Get help.

If you bothered to actually read what I wrote, you might understand how ridiculous your comment is.

Right. So you’re all panicking just in case.

That’s what’s being swept under the rug as “alarmists being loud”.

What are you talking about now?

That is your data they are taking to make money off of without your consent

I mean… They’re a for-profit company, so literally anything they do is to make money.

But it’s not “my data”, it’s anonymous. The “engagement” info is in relation to features. That’s why some features are removed - because nobody uses them. Or rather: not enough people use them to warrant maintenance.

However regarding Windows telemetry it’s indistinguishable from spyware - you have no idea nor control over the data gathered, measured and processed

Ah, so you’re another one of those fear-mongers?

Here’s the Required Diagnostic Events Fields (required telemetry) documentation.

Keeping in mind that it’s anonymous - which parts of this are you so vehemently against sending to Microsoft?

That makes Windows telemetry fulfill all spyware criteria.

The shittiest spyware in history, I guess, considering it’s all anonymous…

And how do you know it’s not malicious in nature?

Because I have a functioning brain.

I’d like to know what your definition of “malicious” is

Malware is designed to hurt you by extracting your personal information or resources.

Telemetry is designed to give developers feedback about product/functionality usage and is anonymous.

you’re just fine with letting a Corpo run system look at everything you’re doing.

I’m not, and it’s not. Unlike you, I actually checked what data telemetry gathers and I’m perfectly fine with it. It’s inconsequential and anonymous.

If it does that, outrage will be understandable.

Getting outraged about something they said will be 100% optional and hasn’t even released yet is just childish.

So you’re saying you haven’t bothered to read about Recall at all, you just assumed it’s going to be enabled by default?

Recall sits in a secure vault behind BitLocker encryption secured with Windows Hello.

BitLocker+Windows Hello gets broken through, the world has a much larger problem than some screenshots, because that’s the foundation of, like, 80% of enterprise security.

If you’re afraid that an attacker sits on your PC and just waits for you to unlock the vault, then you already have the PC breached to the point where they don’t have to do that, they already have access to everything else.

If you’re afraid of the feature in anyway, don’t use it.

Wouldn’t that be nano-retiring? I’m nano-retiring a couple of times a day when going to the toilet!