How to Disable Telemetry in Windows 11 (Privacy)
www.youtube.com
Concerned about privacy in Windows 11 and how much data your PC sends back to Microsoft? In this quick tutorial, you’ll learn how to reduce telemetry setting...

Boy, the good ole days are gone when it comes to Windows. I am posting just to help anybody that doesn’t know. This is like a creepy wire tap. If you are actually using Windows 11, make sure to disable and or reduce telemetry in Windows 11 (Privacy). If that actually helps, I am sure there are more ways they send data back but the video link is a simple how to for the telemetry. Here is more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtg_s1GQiMU

  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
    42·
    4 hours ago

    MS at least permits to desactivate all this crap (naturally not documented, but activated by default), it’s all in the settings, services and registry (eg.desactivate SysMain, whith which MS steal share your Bandwidth). Apart there are also a ton of other services and “features” which remain active by default, despite not longer needed since 15 years, eg.Prefetch, IndexService, Hibernate and other (eg.AI), slowing down the system and wasting RAM. Most optimizer apps, like ShutUp10 and others can help, if you don’t want to do it by yourself (!!!). To make easier the access, God Mode still works in Windows 11, or download Super God Mode. Windows always need work to turn it in a fast and usable OS with an reasonable privacy (remember that some telemetry make sense, eg.for update checks (Important security updates, also for drivers)

    Mandatory to install Portmaster.

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      With all the effort it takes to figure that out on Windows (yes, even with a guide to follow), it literally would be easier to switch to Linux.

      Inb4 needing to pick a distro. Here’s a simple flowchart:

      • Do you game with brand new graphics cards and/or brand new games that need driver updates?
        • Do you want to tinker?
          • If yes, use CachyOS
          • If no, use Bazzite
      • If you don’t buy graphics cards or high end games right after release, or don’t game at all
        • Use Linux Mint
    • Chais@sh.itjust.works
      92·
      1 hour ago

      Or, and this may be a difficult concept for the Windows-brained to grasp, use an operating system that you don’t have to fight and beat into submission for it to do what you want and only what you want.
      It’s your computer, why would you give control over it to anyone else?

      • Zerush@lemmy.ml
        1·
        35 minutes ago

        Yes, but due to the theme of this threat, I think it’s godd to post the possibilities for the users which want or need to use Windows for several reasons. Linux isn’t always the best option for all cases. It may be always a good option to use both, Win and Linux in dual boot.