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gnud on June 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows Privacy Dashboard: GUI for Windows 10 Priv...

If it truly is nothing to worry about, then make the data easy to inspect, and the collection easy to turn off.

The data is close to impossible to inspect, and impossible to turn off without third-party tools or firewalls. So I suspect there's something to worry about.

hendersoon on June 10, 2020 [–]

MS is completely transparent about their telemetry these days with their diagnostic data viewer app.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/diagnostic-data-viewer/9n8...

You are correct in that they do not permit users to turn it off on Windows 10 Home and Pro, which is egregious and offensive.

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