r/dankmemes • u/Xyhloh • May 21 '24

Depression makes the memes funnier Soon enough privacy will be a luxury.

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u/imetators May 21 '24

Haha. Like whole internet forgot that beta builds of Win10 had exactly the same feature!

I remember this shit storm. There is a guy on YT who literally Wireshark-ed his router traffic and found that windows was sending screenshots every once in couple of minutes.

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u/mandy009 May 21 '24

Windows 10 saves your entire desktop activity by default unless you turn the multi-desktop feature off. It's the thing that is an alternative to window switching. Instead they just collect your entire interface and save multiple instances. Has a timeline time stamped and everything.

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u/kirby54322 Dank Cat Commander May 21 '24

Hey quick question, how exactly do you disable the multi-desktop feature?

I didnt even know they save my instances and time stamp everything.

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u/mandy009 May 21 '24 edited May 21 '24

Settings --> Privacy --> Activity History  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/-windows-activity-history-and-your-privacy-2b279964-44ec-8c2f-e0c2-6779b07d2cbd ____ It's also called Timeline (Win + Tab) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-help-with-timeline-febc28db-034c-d2b0-3bbe-79aa0c501039 ____ and Task View / Multitasking (Alt + Tab) https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-more-done-with-multitasking-in-windows-b4fa0333-98f8-ef43-e25c-06d4fb1d6960#WindowsVersion=Windows_10 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/multiple-desktops-in-windows-36f52e38-5b4a-557b-2ff9-e1a60c976434#WindowsVersion=Windows_10 They've updated some of the features and moved and included some elsewhere. It used to save legacy Edge browsing, but the new Edge does that separately now, and Edge settings changes constantly. And the first Privacy options I think were an update to the original multi-desktop saving features, so it changes with new updates.

edit: there are also more user experience options under Settings --> System --> Multitasking

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u/soraticat May 21 '24 edited May 21 '24

Lol. I'm trying this and every time I open settings and click privacy the window crashes. My system is otherwise stable, I have no idea what's going on with this.

Edit: just googled it and apparently this has been a problem for a while now

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u/mandy009 May 21 '24

My settings window always crashes the mainframe. It can't handle the constant updates. My laptop was a 2017 refurbished model and the only way to prevent that is to sign in and boot up for 45 minutes. When I open the privacy settings for activity, it reminds me that Win 10 will stop supporting security updates after October 2025.