• danielbln@lemmy.world
    318·
    2 年前

    Windows is the one where I need an account to install and that spies on me and throws ads in my face, that one?

          • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            2 年前

            I checked too. Can you use your engines to source the claim?

            It’s very interesting but I would’ve thought somebody would’ve Wiresharked it or seen the suspicious traffic hitting their router (perhaps).

    • brakenium@lemm.ee
      1110·
      2 年前

      You don’t need an account. De-bloating scripts take care of most other annoyances. You can fairly easily beat windows into submission

        • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creator
          6·
          2 年前

          The average consumer doesn’t know what NTFS or FAT32 is. I don’t think they’ll understand the privacy implications of Windows reporting.

        • ColonelPanic@lemm.ee
          3·
          2 年前

          Not tried in a while but it used to just be a case of leaving it disconnected from the net during setup.

          Failing that you can still sign up with a throwaway account and convert it to local in the options after installation iirc. It’s not ideal but it’s still something at least.

    • Quastamaza@lemmy.mldeleted by creator
      1·
      2 年前

      Last time I checked you could sign in without a Microsoft account by deliberately interrupting your internet connection while setting up Windows.

      • viking@infosec.pub
        2·
        2 年前

        They even have an offline installer mode with local account only. Just need to download the correct image from the Microsoft server.