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TheFa11en

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6. Windows 8.1

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Fri Aug 5, 2016, 02:08 AM

Aug 2016

Any consensus on whether or not Windows 8.1 is transmitting as much data as Windows 10 back to Microsoft servers? I've begun going through each Windows 8.1 update that gets sent my way and I don't install the ones that are merely for sending data to MS, but not sure if this even helps that much.

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Sick of Windows spying on you? Go Linux [View all] Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 OP

Yes - Using Linux Now cantbeserious Aug 2015 #1

Linux is my preferred OS for internet. R. P. McMurphy Aug 2015 #2

Too old? I'm 70 and learning the innards of Linux. You can do it! n/t Binkie The Clown Aug 2015 #3

But how user friendly is it for computer imbeciles? Kablooie Aug 2015 #4

Over the past two months Shankapotomus Aug 2016 #5

Windows 8.1 TheFa11en Aug 2016 #6