intel now joins the club with their take on GPU driver telemetry. they call it "Computing Improvement Program" and it can thankfully be disabled during a manual install, or in system settings after the installation is complete
Intel Arc drivers now ship with telemetry enabled by default
https://www.techpowerup.com/312122/psa-intel-graphics-drivers-now-collect-telemetry-by-default
4 Comments
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 3y
My problem with opt out or opt in is that it requires trust. Those check boxes could be theater for all I know.
atomicpeach@pawb.social · 3 pts · 3y
It's probably clarified/protected in the EULA but who's got time to read that in its entirety?!
aki@pawb.social · 4 pts · 3y
how is the categories of websites i visit necessary to improve Intels GPU drivers?
Turcid@pawb.social · 3 pts · 3y
Mmmm more data collection, my FAVORITE…