The latest version of Intel Arc GPU Graphics Software introduced an interesting change that isn't reflected in the Release Notes. The installer of the 101.4578 beta drivers add a "Compute Improvement Program" (CIP) component as part of the "typical" setup option that is enabled by default. Under the...

Intel graphic drivers collect Telemetry By default in windows.

  • Whirlybird
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    1 year ago

    Crash reports are one thing, but web browsing data and enumerating devices on your local network go well beyond that objective

    These are GPU drivers, they affect everything that is displayed on your PC. If using tik tok on chrome for 30 minutes causes the GPU to behave badly, how else are they supposed to find that out?

    Also this is a BETA driver release - you know, ones made specifically for testing data collection.