Yet I bet they will still collect many, many gigabytes
Correct, those settings are cosmetic
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.
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.
Yep, you can get most via the network and maybe sth in logs. Linux makes this quite easy tho
Why just use Ameliorated
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.
Click, Tab, space, Tab, space, Tab, space, Tab, space, Tab, tab, space
This is why I make students install a copy of Windows without the use of a mouse.
I just bought a used laptop that came with windows 11. After all of this data collection crap it started blue screening after I installed the first set of updates.
Pop Os has been running flawlessly.
Mr.Gates is not in Microsoft for years, but yes
Surprised there wasn't a conspiratorial reference to covid testing in the meme tbh
Switched to Linux... got tired of them changing the settings for me with updates.
Might have been one of the best decisions of your life!
Welcome to “windows as a service”. At this point Windows is basically like a freemium app.
Yes, except the free part
Wait, you're paying for Windows?
Part of the price when you buy a computer.
Spoiler alert, when you hit accept all tabs go back to "on".
Bill Gates no longer works for Microsoft. He couldn't care less about you're data.
Let us hope he is not just data but an actual person.
Our internal documentation for setting up a windows VM literally says "Press 'maybe later' for the next 9 screens"
When entering security questions:
down arrow tab keyboardspamkeyboardspamkeyboardspam enter
down arrow tab keyboardspamkeyboardspamkeyboardspam enter
down arrow tab keyboardspamkeyboardspamkeyboardspam enter
To be honest, I'd forgotten that "installing windows" was a thing
Slipstreamed windows is the only way. Skip all this bullshit and pre-remove all the bloatware fuckery too. Highly recommend if you are installing windows regularly: https://techcult.com/how-to-slipstream-windows-10-installation/
OOSU10 is also helpful if you don't wanna mess with install media.
Get yourself Windows 10 LTSC, turn off any remaining telemetry with WPD+ Shutup10.
What’s the best way to get it?
Sail the open seas. Check the megathreads in some communities on Lemmy
Like what communities? Never saw a megathread here.
Every year that passes makes me happier I switched to Linux only instead of dual booting. Happy Debian user here.
I'm using NTLite for the last two years to make "custom Windows" that gets rid of much of these data-grabbing s**t. I recommend people here to try it.
You have tons of features like disabling default shit like teams, photos, the much-hated media player, default apps etc. And enable local account creation without resorting to Shift+F10 to CMD and typing the bypass command there.
It also cuts off the other versions of Windows 11 that you don't want in the boot media. I recommend this software over others because you only need to customize it once before you install the OS. Here
Yeah nah... I think I'd rather take a FOSS mod tool. Or, you know, stay in Linux at much as i can, as of now.
As I recall, when I turned off location tracking my time zone would be wrong. It's frustrating that you lose out when protecting your privacy.
It doesn't allow you to manually set the time?
Sure it does.
I’ve been pretty happy with the win 10 privacy tool. It gets rid of a lot of the telemetry and let’s you chose what bloat to remove.
Does it required a microsoft account now? Or can we still install it without connected to the internet
I think it's still technically possible with some workaround but they indeed kind of killed offline accounts with Windows 11
It’s not hard at all, when making an account one of the options is to make it offline/local only. Sure it’s a small link below the big buttons but it’s there and not hidden.
I reinstalled Win11 and I think they removed that feature. now you have to Shift+F10 and type the bypass command in CMD.
Yeah but I turn on airplane mode and it doesn't need an account anymore. Lpt for those of you out there.
Actually, better tip, use Linux.
Yeah, but you can create local account.
With the installing media running:
• Shift+F10 (opens cmd) > OOBE\BYPASSNRO
• Continue until getting to creating account
◦◦ Account > [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]
◦◦ Password > *enter any random password*
• […] > How would you like to set up this device > Set up for work or school
With an existing system:
• CMD > net user /add <username> *
E: Wording.
I LITERALLY do this every single day at work
If this is is actually your job you should look into automating it, you can configure it once and have it auto install with the same settings each time
i don't care enough, waiting for critical mass
I use Arch btw
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