Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry By Default

[f33dm3bits]

Anyone here using an Intel ARC gpu?

PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry (after Opt-In)

Graphics cards are the most dynamic hardware components of the modern PC, in need of constant driver updates to keep them optimized for the latest games. Intel may be the newest on the block with discrete gaming GPUs, with its Arc A-series competing in the mid-range, but the company has a vast...

www.techpowerup.com

I hope this is just for the Windows drivers which is probably the case since they are talking about an installer.

 

[dobeshow]

Doesn't nvidia do the same already?

 

[f33dm3bits]

Doesn't nvidia do the same already?

True but luckily on Windows only it seems.

Is there any telemetry in NVIDIA's GPU drivers for linux?

While the minimal driver install on Windows contains/ed not only the driver but also extra applications including telemetry, the linux driver is really only the naked driver. Only nuts and bolts and bugs, nothing else. Keep in mind, most of the money nvidia makes in the linux sector is with...

forums.developer.nvidia.com