Intel's GPU drivers will get a hold of a lot of user data
    • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
      8·
      1 year ago

      Not really sure how this is “dystopian”. Could you explain? It’s a beta program specifically for data collecting.

      • Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml
        3·
        1 year ago

        Everything you own, everything you use collects data. I’m tired of being profiled and analysed. Even a GPU now collects data about me, where does it stop ?

    • DrinkBoba@lemmy.world
      711·
      1 year ago

      Thing is, there are alternatives but people settle for cheap and convenient. Lots of people hate Apple because of some odd contrarian marketing reason. Apple doesn’t do this. Linux is another option. Both are hugely better for regular people than Windows.

      • harsh3466@lemmy.worldEnglish
        371·
        1 year ago

        Let’s be fair. Apple doesn’t do this quite so blatantly and egregiously, but they do it. They collect plenty of telemetry, and it’s getting harder to opt-out of/block it with their own chipsets.

        Edit: I say this as an Apple user.

        • nomadjoanne@lemmy.world
          7·
          1 year ago

          Yes. A lot of Linux folks hate Apple because they are every bit slimey as Windows but hide behind a veneer of respectability due to higher-end nature of the market they target. So a bunch of yuppies shill for them.

          I have an American cousin who refuses to contact me on either WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram (I gave him three fucking’ options) because "I only trust Apple with my contacts list "

          Ok, well I’m not spending a euro-per SMS, so we won’t casually chat from time to time. Goodbye.

          I might be a bit jaded.

  • Whirlybird@aussie.zone
    372·
    1 year ago

    These are BETA DRIVERS. The point of beta releases is data collection.

    You can also simply opt out if you want.

    Mountain out of a mole hill.

    1. Don’t install beta products if you don’t want to partake in said beta.

    2. Read what you’re agreeing to and opt out of the data collection if you don’t want to have your data collected.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.net
    396·
    1 year ago

    Windows drivers only.

    If you are on a spyware platform, what can you expect otherwise?

  • whatisallthis@lemm.ee
    172·
    1 year ago

    Can you imagine some marketing firm contacting intel to pay for the user data scraped by their customers GPUs?

    Like how is that real.

  • Raltoid@lemmy.world
    52·
    1 year ago

    There might be some bias involved based on the third paragraph:

    The good news is that users can opt out of this data collection by deselecting it during the installation process. However, the process isn’t too straightforward either unlike AMD, which explicitly asks the user whether they want to opt out of data collection. Nvidia, however, enables and installs its Telemetry components by default and users are unable to opt out of it.

    • macniel@feddit.de
      8·
      1 year ago

      Uh by stating how it is during installation of beta drivers from the competition is bias?

    • nodiet@feddit.de
      91·
      1 year ago

      How is it biased to point out whether you can disable telemetry and how simple it is to do so?