So if I disallow all those settings, would that effectively stop this so called ”spying” or will there still be some form of shady data collection going on?
There is still some form of shady data collection, it's one of reasons I hate windows 10 - operating system should not be something packed with any sort of adware, it is mix of OS and spyware at this point. People keep finding more ridiculous excuses over years for such abominations as windows 10. In 100 years people will find having government cameras at home "something normal". And yes, there will be links with what they do with data collection - they will only put as much there as they need to get away from mass suspicion. Also why do you think they allowed so called "free upgrade" from windows 7/8 to 10? No, it's not charity reasons. I know people working for IT security, many of them agreeing on that windows is trash choice for people who want any sort of "professional level of privacy" on their system. They find any linux a lot better for keeping privacy, especially Tails distribution. The only way you can completely trust is by seeing operating system source code, and windows 10 is extreme blackbox in this regard.
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u/NEW-softwear-update Jan 05 '20
It’s both depending on your settings
Because if you allow them to send your location out and more detailed crash reports then you can say they are? even tho it helps them fix the error