How to Minimize Privacy Invasions in Windows 11: A Settings Guide
By
Paul Thurrott
Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
This article discusses how Windows 11 violates user privacy by default and aggressively prompts users to allow even more data collection. It explains that while Microsoft provides many privacy settings, users cannot fully disable certain behaviors like telemetry data collection. The article guides users on how to minimize data collection within Microsoft's constraints, covering various privacy-related options available in Windows 11 settings.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWindows 11 violates your privacy by default, and it will then go on to badger you to let it do so to an even greater degree repeatedly as you use it.
There's no way to fully prevent Microsoft from collecting telemetry data, which it uses to help make the system more reliable for everyone.
All you can do is minimize the amount of data that Windows 11 collects within the confines that Microsoft has set.
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