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...
How bout just don’t install privacy-invading data collection services alongside a fucking device driver at all.
They provide relevant system information for issues which some people are willing to provide. Why not let them?
Crash reports are one thing, but web browsing data and enumerating devices on your local network go well beyond that objective
From https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/topics/idsa-cip.html
Crash reports arent the only thing that is a result of a bug. Take for example, the bug involving high idle power consumption is not a crash related bug. The practical way to fix that is to juxtapose settings and conigurations of users receiving the said bug to see of its hardware or software related.
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.
Because they invariably record way more data than they need to.
How do you think AMD fixes “bad drivers” that some people complain about.
By going through your browser history to figure out which pornsite messed with your driver obviously
I mean I don’t care as long as I can opt out and it’s clear how to.
I know. I don’t disagree. I’m just tired of everything being desperate to collect invasive amounts of information about me.
No argument here!
How do you think these companies are supposed to make their drivers better and more compatible with the infinite PC configurations out there if they never get any data back about how their drivers are working?
I don’t know. How about if it crashes or you report a problem then you get the option to send that data along with it. That’s the model a lot of systems use.
I don’t understand why it has to be a thing that happens silently in the background and they just expect you to accept it, or more likely just not realise it’s turned on or what it does.
I mean it’s right there in the installer. You’ve got the option. If you’re installing beta software and not even bothering to read the options presented to you on the installer and what you’re agreeing to then that’s entirely on you.
I mean this intel thing apparently you have to explicitly choose custom install and then find it and uncheck the box if you don’t want it.
You know this thing records what “categories of websites” you visit, right? You really think it’s reasonable for intel to know your browsing habits (or how much porn you look at) because you installed a graphics card driver without scrutinising every single installer option?
It’s a beta. It’s about collecting telemetry. That’s literally what a beta is for.
GPU drivers affect everything that’s using the GPU, including browsing the web. Porn sites are actually probably a pretty good tester for graphics drivers since the websites are streaming video and displaying ads etc all over the place. Imagine if they released gpu drivers that pornhub, for example, didn’t work with!