Microsoft collects diagnostic data, aka telemetry, from every Windows PC. Some Windows customers are convinced, without evidence, that this is a form of spying. If you're concerned, you can use a free ...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a change in Windows 10 version 1909 – the latest version of Windows 10 – that allows enterprise customers to stop devices sending telemetry data to Microsoft's servers ...

Windows doing something unsavory isn't news these days. The enshittification of Windows 11 is well-known, and even the ...

A new utility called SharpApp has been released that helps you debloat and increase privacy in Windows 10 by uninstalling preinstalled apps and disabling various telemetry settings. Developed by ...

Passwords, encryption, firewall, debloat, and deletion, all for free.

For many people, the telemetry data collected by Windows 10 is an unacceptable invasion of privacy, and numerous tools have sprung up to give users control of just what information is collected and ...

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Ever since Microsoft launched Windows 10, privacy advocates and concerned users have loudly argued that the firm needed to improve and clarify its privacy policies. To date, the company has mostly ...

Curious that so many people who are up in arms over ISP data collection are suddenly OK with OS-level data collection. Click to expand... Please, cite 3 people here who are specifically up in arms ...

The company has launched a preview of a new enterprise-focused option that blocks Windows' telemetry from reaching Microsoft's servers. Microsoft last week launched a preview of a new enterprise-only ...

If there's one message to take away from the latest batch of changes to diagnostic data collection rolling out in Windows 10 preview editions, it's this: Don't call it telemetry. The most visible ...

The company’s changes to its diagnostic data collection settings debuted in a recent Insider build, implying that they won’t make it into the impending spring upgrade. Microsoft last week said it ...