new nvidia drivers gather information about you and report it back to NVIDIA. silently enabled without notifying the user.

[TOMPPIX]

2 minutes ago, LUUD18 said:

https://www.howtogeek.com/280101/relax-nvidias-telemetry-didnt-just-start-spying-on-you/

i know, updated.

[DrMikeNZ]

20 minutes ago, LUUD18 said:

Yeah the problem is that it might be encrypted. But if you crash the program on purpose and then everytime is crashes you see a message being send to nvidia it's safe to say that it will send a crash report to them.

Have you ever wondered why software crashes so frequently these days. It has nothing to do with the large number of potential hardware and software configurations resulting in untested combinations leading to instability. It is actually a cover for sending back super-compressed "metadata", which is just an NSA code word for advanced alien algorithms that can be used to reconstruct your entire data collection from a short hash checksum. Crash report metadata isn't to improve customer experience and diagnose the vast array of potential system configurations, it is really a smokescreen for collecting all of your dick pics and uploading them to the government computers so they can mind control an entire generation, or some shit.

[LUUD18]

Just now, DrMikeNZ said:

Have you ever wondered why software crashes so frequently these days. It has nothing to do with the large number of potential hardware and software configurations resulting in untested combinations leading to instability. It is actually a cover for sending back super-compressed "metadata", which is just an NSA code word for advanced alien algorithms that can be used to reconstruct your entire data collection from a short hash checksum. Crash report metadata isn't to improve customer experience and diagnose the vast array of potential system configurations, it is really a smokescreen for collecting all of your dick pics and uploading them to the government computers so they can mind control and entire generation, or some shit.

*puts on tinfoil hat*

[LUUD18]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

See, they just sold you a product.

Didn't know that Nvidia had a market share in tinfoil 

[tlink]

23 minutes ago, LUUD18 said:

Yeah not every corporation breaks the laws mate.

9 times out of 10 they would if their risk assessment showed profit. shell does this, mcdonalds does this, i can't think of a multinationals that doesn't run like this. thats how it works, if the risk of getting caught does less damage than the act of breaking the law they will do it. thats free market optimization.

[Delicieuxz]

Recently, a Canadian sex toy company was sued in the USA for collecting user data without the user's awareness and consent. The company settled the case for $5 million dollars, paying money to each person who bought the device that was being used to gather customer data.

 

https://www.thestar.com/business/2017/03/14/canadian-sex-toy-maker-accused-of-secretly-collecting-intimate-data-settles-5m-lawsuit.html

 

I think that the same legal argument could work for suing Nvidia, or any other company that collects data without warning the user and receiving their permission.

[mr moose]

8 hours ago, Delicieuxz said:

 

I think that the same legal argument could work for suing Nvidia, or any other company that collects data without warning the user and receiving their permission.

It most certainly can.  I have had this debate with people on this forum regarding this before (years ago).  The 5th amendment does not apply to companies or incorporated bodies and thus a court order will force any company to hand over sufficient data to either prove innocence or guilt.   The problem lies with people taking them to court only to find out the company isn't actually collecting personal data, which would result in having to pay legal costs and also leaving them open to being counter sued for defamation.  So without sufficient evidence from the outset no one is going to risk a legal challenge.