Intel graphic drivers collect Telemetry By default in windows.

  • dan@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    They collect:

    The categories of websites you visit, but not the URL itself

    The information collected includes categorized web browsing history that shows how long and how often you visited specific categories of sites (i.e. social media, personal finance, or news). All site visits are classified into one of 30 categories. We do not collect URLs, web pages titles, or user-specific content without explicit permission from you.

    Software usage: for example, frequency and duration of application usage such as Intel® Driver & Support Assistant, but not the application content itself such as specific actions or keyboard input.

    Feature usage: for example, how much RAM you usually use or your laptop’s average battery life.

    Other devices in your computing environment

    Includes universal plug and play devices and devices that broadcast information to your computer on a local area network: for example, smart TV model and vendor information, and video streaming devices.

    (the emphasis is mine, as is the minor reordering to not hide the browsing behaviour stuff at the bottom)

    Yeah that’ll be a no from me there, bud.

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      categorized web browsing history that shows how long and how often you visited specific categories of sites

      Wow. This is not telemetry; this is just data collection for ad targeting or selling to data brokers like Acxiom.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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      A graphics card driver collecting the categories of websites you visit and the frequency of those visits?

      This is some far overreaching BS right there!