On 2020-05-11 12:35, David Macek via Cygwin wrote: >> To conclude, Microsoft spy and register all sites you access, cygwin.com >> in particular. I hope only with Edge, but I am not sure of that. > > Unless I missed something in your report, I cannot agree with your > conclusion. *Windows* storing something in the registry does not imply > *Microsoft* receives or processes that information.
It does unless you uncheck all the boxes that say they can: log and ship a record of everything you access and do on the system and in each product! They may also still claim rights to use anything you create using any of their products. I use ungoogled Chromium stable builds as Google, Mozilla, and MS, are as bad as FB, LIn, etc. which I avoid like the plague they are. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in IEC units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
