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to the mother ship, so Microsoft can improve future accuracy?

Tailored experiences. Suppose you’ve said it’s OK for Microsoft
to collect some of this data. Is it OK for the company to use that
data to shape the tips and ads it shows you?

Diagnostic data viewer. For the first time, you can see the data
Microsoft is collecting from your PC, using this option. Hit

“Diagnostic Data Viewer” to download the free app required to
show it to you.

Hint: Unless you’re a programmer, it won’t mean much to you.

Unless this is your kind of nonfiction reading:

"name": "Microsoft.Windows.Graphics.D3D11.CreateDevice"
"time": "2019-05-04T10:03:41.6305563Z"
"iKey": "o:0a89d516ae714e01ae89c96d185e9ae3"

"flags": 257

Delete diagnostic data. As an even more generous act of self-
sacrifice, Microsoft is now willing to let you delete whatever data

it’s collected from your PC, with a quick click or tap on this button.

Feedback frequency. Very occasionally—verging on never, in fact

—Windows might display a dialog box asking you to rate some
app or feature. Here you can shut off those queries, or adjust (up or
down) how often Windows is allowed to ask.

Activity History

You know how Windows can resume the activity (like web browsing) you
were recently pursuing on a different Windows device? To pull that off, it

has to monitor what you were doing on your other devices; these are the
on/off switches.

Similarly, the Timeline (Figure 6-3) is designed to show tiles for the apps
and documents you’ve worked on using all your machines, all your