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
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?
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.