If you value privacy on your PC, the single most important Windows 11 switch to flip is the Send optional diagnostic data toggle — and you should understand precisely what flipping it does, what it does not do, and the safe ways to reduce the diagnostic pipeline between your machine and...
Windows ships with several convenience features turned on by default that quietly share behavioral and system data; disabling a few of them will materially improve your privacy without breaking day-to-day use. The core four I always disable on Windows 11 are Diagnostics & Feedback (telemetry)...
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