How much does Windows actually track its users?

[Deleted member 737209]

Title.

 

[DKB]

I would just assume everything. They pulled that recall feature "that continuously takes screenshots of what you're doing on your PC and saves them".

 

[Deleted member 737209]

I would just assume everything. They pulled that recall feature "that continuously takes screenshots of what you're doing on your PC and saves them".

While I'm not too familiar with recall, it was a feature you had to opt-in to and the data was only stored locally.

 

[DKB]

data was only stored locally.

Maybe. I seriously wouldn't trust them with something like that. Still looking into it, you're right. And it seems they still want to release or/they did already but something with copilot(?). Point is, can't be trusted. They track a bit too much, people have looked into their api calls and it's insane.

 

[Magsor]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement?form=MG0AV3

They track a lot but not everything. It's for you own good. They said.

 

[Totino]

gigachad linux doesn't track shit
come on valve release steamos 3 already

 

[AverageHorse]

gigachad linux doesn't track shit
come on valve release steamos 3 already

Well, to be fair, Linux does have some telemetry (e.g. "Ubuntu Report", "PopCon", "Fedora User Feedback") - but it's optional and informs the user about itself.

 

[The Catboy]

Too much, they track too much. I wish people would realize their OS shouldn't also be spyware in this era

 

[notsu]

Common sense says everything. Why wouldn't they?

This probably sounds paranoid, but just assume everything closed source spies on you. Get an MNT laptop or something if you want control. It's far from convenient but yeah.

 

[lwiz]

And then people use Android phones, gmail and other Google services without any misgivings (or Apple if that matters). Unlike Microsoft, Googles business is gathering everything they can and selling it out.

 

[linuxares]

https://www.pcworld.com/article/237...s-your-data-and-what-you-can-do-about-it.html - pretty good summary of data it collects.

 

[m00k00]

If you want to see a report of an independent audit of Windows 10 check this out: https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Service-Navi/Publikationen/Studien/SiSyPHuS_Win10/SiSyPHuS_node.html

Specifically you will most likely be interested in: https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Service-...SyPHuS_Win10/AFUNKT/SiSyPHuS_AFUNKT_node.html

Checkout chapter 4.1 "Windows Telemetry Data Richness Analysis" in the AFUNKT.pdf

Honestly, I don't trust any Windows OS any longer. For me it's Linux all everywhere. It obviously comes with strings attached and prices to pay but under the line to me personally it has more advantages than disadvantages.