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Intel Arc drivers now ship with telemetry enabled by default (www.techpowerup.com)
submitted 1 year ago by tblFlip@pawb.social to c/tech@pawb.social
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intel now joins the club with their take on GPU driver telemetry. they call it "Computing Improvement Program" and it can thankfully be disabled during a manual install, or in system settings after the installation is complete

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My problem with opt out or opt in is that it requires trust. Those check boxes could be theater for all I know.

[–] atomicpeach@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's probably clarified/protected in the EULA but who's got time to read that in its entirety?!

[–] aki@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

how is the categories of websites i visit necessary to improve Intels GPU drivers?

[–] Turcid@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

Mmmm more data collection, my FAVORITE…