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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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 for the telemetry. Here is more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtg_s1GQiMU

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I have location services turned off in windows on my work computer and MS word really dislikes it. Whenever I do a side by side window with word included I get a notification (from word) that I should enable my location services in settings

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 31 points 1 week ago

Insanity that word should even think to need location services. Wtf Microsoft, clippy would never.

[–] Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Always trying to peek on you.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

turn off the 'notify when apps request location' setting at the bottom of settings->privacy->location