New, helpful privacy option is being tested

For some time now, the operating systems for smartphones and tablets have offered options that allow the user to decide which app gets which authorization. On Windows 10, Microsoft also had an adjustable app permissions section. In the most recent Insider Build for Windows 11, the privacy dashboard is overhauled been. In the data protection & security area, under app permissions, you can now see exactly when an app last requested access to the camera, location, microphone, etc.

Windows 11: Revoke permissions and turn off diagnostic data

If you want, you can also withdraw permissions from individual apps. To do this, go to the data protection & security area in the Windows settings and select the app permissions. All categories that can be accessed by installed apps now appear. This includes, for example, access to webcams, microphones or location information.

If you want, you can register in the Privacy dashboard on the Microsoft website display an overview of the browser history, searches with Cortana or to query the location and delete the corresponding data at any time. In order not only to be able to view the diagnostic data, but also to restrict it completely, the way to the registry be gone.

• Pressing the Windows key + R opens the Run dialog.
• Now type in “regedit” and confirm with Enter.
• In the registry editor, look for the path “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesDataCollection”.
• Create a new entry called “AllowTelemetry” with type “REG_DWORD”.
• Create a new entry named “MaxTelemetryAllowed” with type “REG_DWORD”.
• A value between 0 and 3 must now be entered for both entries, with 0 standing for a ban on diagnostic data.

It is important to know that some apps or components of Windows 11 no longer work fully if you do not create any diagnostic data at all. It is not known when the exact privacy options will be available to all Windows 11 users. It may already be the case with the upcoming Windows 11 version 22H2.

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Collection of new privacy option in Windows 11:

• Microsoft is testing a new privacy dashboard in Windows 11 with Windows Insiders.
• This allows you to see exactly when an app last requested access to the camera, location, microphone, etc.
• If you want, you can also withdraw permissions for cameras and the like from individual apps. To do this, go to the data protection & security area in the Windows settings and select the app permissions.

Source: Windows latest, desk modder