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Today's "Windows 10 concern"

From	"John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Today's "Windows 10 concern"
Date	2025-03-05 05:13 -0800
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<vq9imi$2e7gt$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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...Every   ...single   ...day, some issue rears its ugly head in Windows
10 and I wind up wasting time trying to deal with it. I absolutely
detest Windows 10 and all the associated bullshit that this crappy OS
requires in order to spy on me and cause me problems. The continual
feature degradation and regressions in functionality as well.

Unlike a lot of other people, I turn my cable modem and router off
whenever I don't need to be on the internet. Today I noticed for the
second day in a row, that there is a Microsoft executable named
DeviceCensus.exe which runs briefly whenever I start up those two devices.

So what is this "DeviceCensus.exe" executable (file path is
C:\Windows\System32\DeviceCensus.exe, at least on my system)? The
internet says:

"DeviceCensus.exe is a legitimate system file in Windows 10, signed by
Microsoft. It is part of the Telemetry Framework and is located in the
System32 folder. Its primary function is to collect data on your
device's hardware usage, _including webcam usage_, and report it back to
Microsoft. This helps Microsoft optimize Windows for future updates and
fix any bugs.
  If you notice that DeviceCensus.exe is using a lot of CPU or accessing
your webcam, it is generally safe to keep it running. However, if you
want to disable it temporarily, you can do so through the Task Scheduler.
  If you have any concerns about privacy or security, it's always a good
idea to run a thorough antivirus scan to ensure that your system is not
infected with malware."

"Legitimate" in whose eyes? And how, exactly, does monitoring my webcam
usage serve any purpose in determining which future version of Windows
10 I need?

I went into the Task Scheduler and disabled the piece of shit:

Open Task Scheduler
  Click on the carat next to "Task Scheduler Library"
    Same on "Microsoft"
      Same on "Windows"
        Left click on "Device Information"
          Right click on "Device" in the right hand upper pane
            Select "Disable".
If there's another task named "Device User" under "Device" do the same
to it as well.

Telemetry is just a euphemism for "Spyware" IMO.

Microsoft: "Your privacy is important to us"

Sure it is. As in "it's important that we rape your privacy as much as
possible."

-- 
John C.

Take back Microsoft from India.

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Today's "Windows 10 concern" "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-05 05:13 -0800
  Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" Mr Xi Ji Ping <ping@china.cn> - 2025-03-05 18:00 +0000
  Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-05 15:18 -0500
    Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-06 10:33 +0000
    Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-06 17:40 -0800
      Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-07 08:31 -0500
        Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-07 19:04 -0500
        Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" The Car <arriving@dawn.com> - 2025-03-08 10:39 -0800
          Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-08 14:36 -0500
  Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-06 18:45 -0500
    Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-06 20:15 -0500
    Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-03-07 01:02 -0700
      Re: Today's "Windows 10 concern" micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-08 00:11 -0500

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