Stare at it and wonder how this spying device became okay.
If it's my system, find a new hard drive and instructions on how to install linux for this hardware. remove hard drive.
If it's someone else's system, explain to them that perhaps every single keystroke is saved and sent to microsoft, along with other data. Explain that data could be used by advertisers to influence your decisions, but also by attorneys, gov agencies and more.
Suggest they try linux. Walk them through the setup process and point out so many default settings that are privacy averse. Again suggest linux.
Research how to make the hardware dual-boot.
Explain that others windows systems may have already been setup to include these privacy stealing defaults and other data stealing parts of the Microsoft ecosystem could also be hoovering up data.
Suggest putting a sticker on the keyboard and screen and box warning other people who may use it, that all information sent or received from said device is being recorded and shared by multiple different groups of people and can later be used against you by any number of various agencies.
Show them linux running, demand that they use it unless they need the windows partition for gaming.
If laptop, find schematic to cut the microphone hardware.
If it's someone else's system, explain to them that perhaps every single keystroke is saved and sent to microsoft, along with other data. Explain that data could be used by advertisers to influence your decisions, but also by attorneys, gov agencies and more. Suggest they try linux. Walk them through the setup process and point out so many default settings that are privacy averse. Again suggest linux. Research how to make the hardware dual-boot. Explain that others windows systems may have already been setup to include these privacy stealing defaults and other data stealing parts of the Microsoft ecosystem could also be hoovering up data. Suggest putting a sticker on the keyboard and screen and box warning other people who may use it, that all information sent or received from said device is being recorded and shared by multiple different groups of people and can later be used against you by any number of various agencies.
Show them linux running, demand that they use it unless they need the windows partition for gaming. If laptop, find schematic to cut the microphone hardware.