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.

  • Bri Guy English
    4•1 year ago

    wow fuck that. how does one go about disabling it?

    • @[email protected]
      11•1 year ago

      The installer has a checkbox for CIP, which is the data collection tool. Don’t install the CIP, and it won’t collect telemetry.

      • @[email protected]English
        7•1 year ago

        Works for CIP, but not for NVIDIA drivers:

        Intel CIP is functionally similar to the Telemetry component of the GeForce Software. NVIDIA’s Telemetry is installed and enabled by default along with your GeForce graphics drivers, and you cannot opt out from it, as it does not even figure in the “custom” installer options.

        (Emphasis mine)

        • @[email protected]
          9•1 year ago

          Sure, but that wasn’t the question. They asked how to opt out of Intel’s telemetry gathering, since that’s the topic of the article. The article just happens to also mention nvidia and AMD, since they’re competing companies with similar products.

          • @[email protected]English
            3•1 year ago

            I wasn’t replying to the person asking how to disable it; it was a secondary comment in response to your answer, and the sentence I quoted was from the article the post is about, so I figured it was relevant? :P