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Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news

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1725 points taubek | 4 comments | 27 Mar 23 05:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.775s | source
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CommanderData ◴[27 Mar 23 05:57 UTC] No.35323347[source]▶
Tracking and privacy on Windows is becoming atrocious, I didn't know about the built in keylogger until I ran a declutter tool.

Unpopular opinion but to stop Microsoft's shenanigans = legislation. Opt-in by default would be a good start. Transparency tools to show what's being exported to MS. How about stopping forced major updates too.

User needs protective legislation fast.

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1. jsmith99 ◴[27 Mar 23 07:37 UTC] No.35323930[source]▶
Windows doesn't have a keylogger, and irresponsible 'declutter' tools can do more hard than good.
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2. LightHugger ◴[27 Mar 23 08:04 UTC] No.35324103[source]▶
We are at the point where windows is irresponsible and those declutter tools are what the responsible user makes use of. You are irresponsible for not using them.
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3. jsmith99 ◴[27 Mar 23 08:14 UTC] No.35324167[source]▶
What clutter? I removed the preinstalled news widget, turned off the telemetry options in the installer (I personally am ok with some light telemetry because I know from experience how useful it is as a developer but I agree it shouldn't be on by default). My NextDNS probably blocks it anyway. There are probably still a few preinstalled apps that I don't use, like candy crush, but they are mostly just stubs that don't download unless you use them - I wouldn't know as I never browse the start menu, I just type the first few characters and press enter. I check Autoruns occasionally and everything seems reasonably well-behaved, and I haven't had a BSOD in several years except for a few caused by crappy third party 'security' kernel drivers.
4. nvllsvm ◴[27 Mar 23 16:20 UTC] No.35328595[source]▶
Which declutter tools specifically?