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Leave Windows 11 Idle For 24 Hours, It Sends Over 3000 Telemetry Pings To More Than 100 Different Servers. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

For Windows 10 and 11 this is just scratching the surface and is next to useless for all the stuff they leave behind.

Use ShutUpWindows10++ (yes it work on 11 too) and THAT will get the vast majority of the stuff that this video doesn't even touch on.

[–] helix@feddit.org 8 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Please post a correct URL for shutup10++, as I googled it and found github/O-O-ShutUp10 which is most likely a scam.

Does https://codeberg.org/fossarchive/Win11Debloat do the same?

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

this is the one I've been using for many years: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

This is another one of the windows negatives. There's no real standard for tools that debloat or remove the MS malware and decent chance that you end up getting more malware in the process (that might even do what it says it does in addition to installing who knows what, so it's not even immediately obvious that it might be a good idea to go back to the "wipe storage and install OS" step. Thing could even revert some of the settings later on to encourage users running an updated version of the script (not that I think most would bat an eye at their "OS optimization script" being a thing that continuously runs and auto-updates) and it wouldn't even be unexpected windows behavior considering how passively hostile they already are with users trying to reduce their stupid shit in windows.

[–] Echo5@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

If you start with privacy options, then Winhance, then windows shut up it covers even more ground.