β² 752 βΌ installing windows in a nutshell (sh.itjust.works) submitted 3 years ago by Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] sadreality@kbin.social 46 points 3 years ago (2 children) Correct, those settings are cosmetic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 32 points 3 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 3 years ago Yep, you can get most via the network and maybe sth in logs. Linux makes this quite easy tho permalink fedilink source parent [β] vinyl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why just use Ameliorated permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Audbol@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Source? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Qvest@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Audbol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Qvest@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent [β] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IT4vDfA_4NI Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 32 points 3 years ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 3 years ago Yep, you can get most via the network and maybe sth in logs. Linux makes this quite easy tho permalink fedilink source parent [β] vinyl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why just use Ameliorated permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 3 years ago Yep, you can get most via the network and maybe sth in logs. Linux makes this quite easy tho permalink fedilink source parent
[β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 3 years ago Yep, you can get most via the network and maybe sth in logs. Linux makes this quite easy tho permalink fedilink source parent
[β] vinyl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why just use Ameliorated permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Audbol@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Source? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Qvest@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Audbol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Qvest@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent [β] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IT4vDfA_4NI Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Qvest@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Audbol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Qvest@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent [β] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/IT4vDfA_4NI Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Audbol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Qvest@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Qvest@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
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