The article says,
"Clicking Settings on the Start menu’s left pane, followed by clicking the Privacy button, a Windows 10 user will find a selection box to turn it off – all the way at the bottom, of course.
“Once in Privacy, go to the General section and Turn off Send Microsoft info about how I write to help us improve typing and writing in the future,” Spector explains.
“While you’re there, examine the other options and consider if there’s anything else here that you may want to change.”
To stop Windows 10 from collecting your speech, you must also go to the Speech, inking and typing section and click Stop getting to know me.
This same area contains options for restricting Microsoft from collecting data from your camera, microphone, contacts and calendar."
(The best way to turn it off, because BigTech always lies about data collection and has no oversight, is to move to linux.)
Thanks for posting this! Don't forget to turn off Activity History too! And I agree, Linux is the only way to be somewhat secure. I'm still trying to find a good android emulator like Bluestacks for linux. Anyone got the hook up?
Turn off Handwriting, beacons, etc. Go through your Windows Settings privacy controls including voice and microphone and choose what apps have access. Do the same for camera, voice activation, microphone, etc. Under voice activation and headphone, make sure "Cortana" keyword is turned off as well as using it while device is locked.
There are some things that you might need like ability to use Web conferencing or make phone calls w/ the device that use the subsystems.
Anyone who doesn't use Linux yet your computer will be 10x faster than with Windows if you decide to install it. Also, you can try live distros without actually installing anything. FYI.
Yeh, I am not a PC gamer but back in the early days of Wine I was able to run some native Windows aps. Also, considering the computing power now a days I wonder if its possible to run a game off of a VM of Windows?? Anyway, I had heard Wine had made some great strides and the gaming issue wasn't as big of deal anymore. But, again....I am not a PC gamer.
It wasn't. Enterprise systems have these kind of systems disabled by default. For the rest, cybersecurity people have been saying this for years. Nobody was listening...
Thank god for linux
That was the first thing I turned off when I started using win10. I have to recheck the privacy settings every time they do an update.
How do you turn it off?
The article says, "Clicking Settings on the Start menu’s left pane, followed by clicking the Privacy button, a Windows 10 user will find a selection box to turn it off – all the way at the bottom, of course.
“Once in Privacy, go to the General section and Turn off Send Microsoft info about how I write to help us improve typing and writing in the future,” Spector explains.
“While you’re there, examine the other options and consider if there’s anything else here that you may want to change.”
To stop Windows 10 from collecting your speech, you must also go to the Speech, inking and typing section and click Stop getting to know me.
This same area contains options for restricting Microsoft from collecting data from your camera, microphone, contacts and calendar."
(The best way to turn it off, because BigTech always lies about data collection and has no oversight, is to move to linux.)
Thanks for posting this! Don't forget to turn off Activity History too! And I agree, Linux is the only way to be somewhat secure. I'm still trying to find a good android emulator like Bluestacks for linux. Anyone got the hook up?
help us improve typing and writing in the future
wtf
Switch to Linux
OH. It's too complicated to write all the steps here, but uninstall Cortana. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/how-to-uninstall-cortana
Turn off Handwriting, beacons, etc. Go through your Windows Settings privacy controls including voice and microphone and choose what apps have access. Do the same for camera, voice activation, microphone, etc. Under voice activation and headphone, make sure "Cortana" keyword is turned off as well as using it while device is locked.
There are some things that you might need like ability to use Web conferencing or make phone calls w/ the device that use the subsystems.
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Never used Windows 10 and when Windows Seven went EOL, I moved permanently to Linux. Been over a year now and my only regret is not doing it sooner.
ITS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD YOU NAZIBIGOT
Been using Linux for almost 20 yrs. FUCK BILL GATES!!!
Anyone who doesn't use Linux yet your computer will be 10x faster than with Windows if you decide to install it. Also, you can try live distros without actually installing anything. FYI.
Any ideas for a good music player for Linux? Music Bee is the only thing that keeps me from using Linux full time right now.
Also, I'm defiantly a normie when it comes to Linux
Thanks, I think I will check out Amarok later
Steam.
Steam is super limited for anything eye catching on linux. My experience I suppose
Yeh, I am not a PC gamer but back in the early days of Wine I was able to run some native Windows aps. Also, considering the computing power now a days I wonder if its possible to run a game off of a VM of Windows?? Anyway, I had heard Wine had made some great strides and the gaming issue wasn't as big of deal anymore. But, again....I am not a PC gamer.
Thank you
This is BS. Such a thing would never go unnoticed. Many corporations have systems in place to catch exactly this sort of thing.
LOL! Quit being so naive.
I'm not. I don't think you understand how much data the claims being made would involve. It wouldn't go unnoticed.
Many non-native keyboards on smart phones send keylogger data back to multiple third parties over the cell network ... and Windows 10 can't do this?
A keylogger is pretty simple. So is sharing your camera and microphone.
LOL! Quit being so paranoid.
It wasn't. Enterprise systems have these kind of systems disabled by default. For the rest, cybersecurity people have been saying this for years. Nobody was listening...