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===User Privacy===

Telemetry and data collection has increased since Windows 7. {{~~Citation needed~~}}

Telemetry and data collection has increased since Windows 7.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ars Staff |website=Ars Technica |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/microsoft-opens-up-on-windows-telemetry-tells-us-most-of-what-data-it-collects/ |date=5 Apr 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405141641/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/microsoft-opens-up-on-windows-telemetry-tells-us-most-of-what-data-it-collects/ |archive-date=2017-04-05}}</ref> Since Windows 10 the telemetry is forced and cannot be disabled completely without modifying system component with third-party tools.<ref>{{cite news |first=Gregg |last=Keizer |date=10 Aug 2015 |title=Windows 10 makes diagnostic data collection compulsory |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/1636741/windows-10-makes-diagnostic-data-collection-compulsory.html |url-status=live |website=ComputerWorld |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401153751/https://www.computerworld.com/article/1636741/windows-10-makes-diagnostic-data-collection-compulsory.html |archive-date=2025-04-01}}</ref>

Since Windows 10 the telemetry is forced and cannot be disabled completely without modifying system component with third-party tools.

An AI-powered tool named [[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature|Recall]] has raised several privacy and security concerns due to their ability to take constant screenshots of the whole screen every few seconds. These screenshots could contain sensitive user's info, such as passwords or credit card info that can be taken and used against the user. Initially they were stored unencrypted along with the AI generated transcriptions on the user's hard disk. Apparently, only local AI is used to analyze them and they are now encrypted. An option to hide sensitive information as well as disable it for selected apps was added, though it remains open on how the sensitivity is determined.

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 ===User Privacy===
-Telemetry and data collection has increased since Windows 7. {{Citation needed}}
+Telemetry and data collection has increased since Windows 7.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ars Staff |website=Ars Technica |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/microsoft-opens-up-on-windows-telemetry-tells-us-most-of-what-data-it-collects/ |date=5 Apr 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405141641/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/04/microsoft-opens-up-on-windows-telemetry-tells-us-most-of-what-data-it-collects/ |archive-date=2017-04-05}}</ref> Since Windows 10 the telemetry is forced and cannot be disabled completely without modifying system component with third-party tools.<ref>{{cite news |first=Gregg |last=Keizer |date=10 Aug 2015 |title=Windows 10 makes diagnostic data collection compulsory |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/1636741/windows-10-makes-diagnostic-data-collection-compulsory.html |url-status=live |website=ComputerWorld |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401153751/https://www.computerworld.com/article/1636741/windows-10-makes-diagnostic-data-collection-compulsory.html |archive-date=2025-04-01}}</ref>
-Since Windows 10 the telemetry is forced and cannot be disabled completely without modifying system component with third-party tools.
 An AI-powered tool named [[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature|Recall]] has raised several privacy and security concerns due to their ability to take constant screenshots of the whole screen every few seconds. These screenshots could contain sensitive user's info, such as passwords or credit card info that can be taken and used against the user. Initially they were stored unencrypted along with the AI generated transcriptions on the user's hard disk. Apparently, only local AI is used to analyze them and they are now encrypted. An option to hide sensitive information as well as disable it for selected apps was added, though it remains open on how the sensitivity is determined.