@Benjamin@jlai.lu to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2YAssuming that (non-free) GPU drivers perform telemetry, can the GPU surreptitiously access the network (internet) to send the collected data?plus-squarewww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down12
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkAssuming that (non-free) GPU drivers perform telemetry, can the GPU surreptitiously access the network (internet) to send the collected data?plus-squarewww.extremetech.com@Benjamin@jlai.lu to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2Ymessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareNaNlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22YThis is going to be doing it through the userspace program. On Windows there is almost always an Nvidia / Radeon / Intel icon permanently hanging out in the system tray. As it mentions, Intel is just enabling what the others already do.