People act like these fuckers dont influence anything, like they exist in some bubble away from reality. It matters what you use. What you use empowers the creator.

"Look at this fossil thinking it's still 1990", I guess?

Mate, did you miss how 30 years have passed? How the world change? Can you even begin to imagine the fine the EU would slap without a second thought on MS if they tried pulling something like suddenly grabbing these screenshots from users' devices?

Are you a tech-illiterate person?

If not, explain how is it malicious.

Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use

Of, ffs, grow up.

An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds

You have no clue what you're talking about, do you?

Recall only works on devices with an NPU. Do you know why? Because it runs locally. It's got NOTHING to do with telemetry, because it does NOT send data to Microsoft.

Until a windows update kicks in and somehow turns it on for the world.

I don't know if this is a regional thing, but I've been using Windows since 3.11 and have NEVER had ONE instance of an update randomly turning on something that I've turned off before.

So you still think it's 1990. Got it. Well, times have changed. We have better oversight. The EU has GDPR, user data is better protected. If they tried to pull off a "heist" and suddenly start grabbing these screenshots from users, the fine from EU would be historical.

I will pass on being your mate. I don't like shills.

I am curious though, what do boots taste like?

Grow up, mate. And check the calendar.

Already told you I don't want to be your mate. Maybe learn what consent is.

Also, go play devil's advocate somewhere else. You suck at it.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Plato, The Republic bk. 1, 347c

The founder of Brave browser got fired from Firefox because he was homophobic

Recall only works on devices with an NPU. Do you know why? Because it runs locally.

Show code or gtfo

LOL, this is hilarious

Imagine believing they can sneak gigabytes of network traffic without anyone noticing just because you can't read the code!

So you still think it’s 1990. Got it. Well, times have changed

Times may have. Microsoft has not.

I recently switched, and would be happy to give whatever rudimentary pointers I can. I've found that Linux mint is the best option for me. You can also easily flash it onto a USB and try it out to confirm compatibility.

The biggest things are these:

1. you have to make sure to backup anything you want, because the installation wipes the hard drive.
2. you must (usually) completely erase the windows partition, since the windows updater will usually bork the Linux install the moment you try to boot windows.
3. you should turn off SecureBoot and bitlocker before you attempt an installation.
4. rather than dual-booting windows with Linux, it is comparatively simple to set up a Virtual Machine running windows inside Linux.
5. if you're getting really serious about privacy, you're going to have a TON of services that you may be unable to access, because they are full of trackers and spyware. Baby steps are recommended before trying to make a clean break from all telemetry, tracking and spyware.if you use an android, try installing TrackerControl from f-droid (or, for one that doesn't break as much stuff, Duckduckgo's app tracking protection) and enable it. You'll begin to see just how many calls to add, data brokers, telemetry, and other shit gets caught, and DDG doesn't even touch all the google spyware.

I gave been wanting to go on linux mint for almost a year. Its time I fucking did it.

Edit: I have been doing a lot for privacy, but it just isn't enough. For example I wanted to use venice.ai... but I didn't just use a tutamail email, I even used a prepaid credit card. I live in canada where you don't need to attach your name to a prepaid card, meaning it is as anonymous as possible if you want to buy something with a card (and yes, I paid for it in cash and it was activated by the store).

Well, let me know if you've got any trouble. Oh, and do you have an HP? Those things SUCK at installing Linux. One of those things you have to find out from trying to install it on three separate HP devices.

They can process it locally to your point and send txt files of passwords/sensitive info

However, they don’t have to send anything while such a terrible feature is new. They just have to wait until enough retards accept such a feature

anarcho-......braveism ???

Again: if they did that, the EU's GDPR would eat them alive.