Windows 11 Spyware!

[Citizen Cook]

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-11-sends-user-data-to-third-party-services

[plat]

Your telemetry in action pays off. The January 2023 cumulative update for Windows 11 is supposedly making a watermark on certain desktops saying "unsupported hardware."

Do you feel ashamed, unworthy, sad? Good! Micro wants you to feel these so that you will go out and buy new hardware, pref. its best-est fwend-- Intel!

Anyway, if you see a watermark you can try this:

https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-remove-system-requirements-not-met-watermark/

It's a registry fix, mind you. I have not tested this so I can't vouch for its efficacy.

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Oprindeligt skrevet af plat:

Your telemetry in action pays off. The January 2023 cumulative update for Windows 11 is supposedly making a watermark on certain desktops saying "unsupported hardware."

Do you feel ashamed, unworthy, sad? Good! Micro wants you to feel these so that you will go out and buy new hardware, pref. its best-est fwend-- Intel!

Anyway, if you see a watermark you can try this:

https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-remove-system-requirements-not-met-watermark/

It's a registry fix, mind you. I have not tested this so I can't vouch for its efficacy.

However, that is not spying on specific users and using their data for targeted advertising. This watermark works completely offline.

[plat]

No but it illustrates how Microsoft can extend its tentacles into other areas of your life by picking up data from your machine that you cannot opt out of.

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Oprindeligt skrevet af plat:

No but it illustrates how Microsoft can extend its tentacles into other areas of your life by picking up data from your machine that you cannot opt out of.

Every stupid thing Microsoft does requires a conspiracy nut response?

[plat]

You are blocked. Enough is enough!

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

lol how many middle fingers does ms have to flip on commoners who just want use pc

u cant uninstall edge its our pet project
u cant turn off forced updates
u cant use win unless you use online account
u cant use 3 year old pcs cause our tpm so throw it in landfill make ewaste

[Elucidator]

If you need another reason not to support anything bill gates related:
(off topic, but it is related to microsoft's sneaky behavior, due to their founder's sneaky behavior)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x80EbmX5xys

People tend not to think of the grander scale, despite these companies aiming for billions. (so I am posting this just as an example of where things are going...)