Good morning, I did an intense search but I couldn’t find anything related to PDF Readers. I thought this question deserved its own thread because more and more books and documents are ONLY being made in an electronic format such as .PDF. Physical books are definitely on the way out and even when …

[image] win11.shading291: More Microsoft telemetry. I removed the Windows Store on my device. I appreciate your reply! Are you referring to Okular being available from the Microsoft Online App Store? Or are you referring to Danger zone??

I’m not sure what danger zone is, so probably the first :rofl: In other words, I can’t use Okular because I simply don’t have the Microsoft Store or Windows Store, or however it’s called, it’s gone :smile:

Oh no not specifically more private, I just discovered that one and felt like sharing haha. :laughing: But it could probably be farewall’ed like most software. :hugs:

[image] win11.shading291: I’m not sure what danger zone is, so probably the first :rofl: I appreciate your reply. Dangerzone seems to have a huge following. This is dangerzone: Dangerzone Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to a safe PD…

Privacy. It’s more data points for Microsoft. Also, don’t you need a Microsoft account to use the Windows Store? Edit: I just checked and you do for most actions. The Microsoft Store collects app‑install statistics, i.e.: every time you download, update, or launch a Store app, the client sends ide…

[image] win11.shading291: The Microsoft Store collects app‑install statistics, i.e.: every time you download, update, or launch a Store app, the client sends identifiers (device ID, Windows version, user SID) back to Microsoft. [image] win11.shading291: Even when you’re not actively using…

I personally completely remove the Store. Nothing shared then. :wink:

[image] win11.shading291: There’s probably more, but that should be ample reasons. I appreciate your reply! Do you think it’s worth removing Okular simply because I downloaded it from the Microsoft Store?

If you want to remove as much telemetry as possible, then yes, you should remove the Microsoft Store.

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