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In privacy communities, its usually assumed that non-libre OSes have the capability of spying on everything you do. But, what do they actually monitor in practice? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41641719

Keystrokes? Screen recordings? Camera and microphone spying? Assuming an average person who's not actively targeted by an intelligence agency.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even if you turn off the setting and it stays off in subsequent updates, how can you know that the setting actually does anything at all? That is to say how can you trust Microsoft does not ignore the setting and just gathers the data always.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

It might be not sending any extra data - which can be verified via packet sniffing like Wireshark - but how do you confirm they are not saving the legit requests you do and collect it silently at the backend? It cannot be proven (beyond reasonable doubt).