• ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
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    14 hours ago

    In many if not most cases, you can just add the registry entry for the setting, even in home versions, though to your point, it’s harder than it needs to be.

    Really, it shouldn’t be an issue in the first place, but here we are.

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      13 hours ago

      Really, it shouldn’t be an issue in the first place, but here we are.

      The average user utilises this feature quite a bit (as exemplified by the fact that the feature still exists - the dreaded telemetry is what would tell Microsoft if it was a dead feature). The average user would have no clue how to turn it on (or even that it’s a possibility). The “power user” has no problem turning the feature off.

      Which is why the feature is on by default.