• @samokosik
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      3411 months ago

      Chris titus has a nice tool which removes as much telemetry as possible. You can get rid of a considerable piece of telemetry in group policy editor, services and regedit.

      Despite that, windows will never be as private as macos and macos will never be as private as linux.

      • JackGreenEarth
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        1211 months ago

        You can’t verify how private MacOS and Windows are, besides checking the network to see if they send data to a server, as unlike Linux they are closed source.

        • @samokosik
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          811 months ago

          Yep, you can get most via the network and maybe sth in logs. Linux makes this quite easy tho

        • @samokosik
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          18 months ago

          no, imho ameliorated cannot be recommended as it provides way too much risk as it removes almost everything. Definitely more than an open source script.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 months ago

        The PC Security Channel made a video comparing Windows 11 and XP with Wireshark. The telemetry settings in Windows 11 are set to minimal, you can see his response to a specific comment about it. Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/IT4vDfA_4NI

        • @[email protected]
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          411 months ago

          He doesn’t say he has minimal telemetry, he actually says it’s a brand new laptop (from manufacturer) out of the box with nothing installed. What we are referring to above is with telemetry disabled in oobe.

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            111 months ago

            If you see a specific comment, he responds that he set everything that he could off. What I think this means is he set it off the first time the laptop turned on, since (I’m guessing) the same screen as above appeared when he turned the laptop on for the first time