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this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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Yes, in theory any program, including Windows itself, could upload data to the Internet if not blocked.
Windows can be restricted by a network firewall. Programs can be restricted by filesystem permissions and the OS firewall, and not running them as admin.
But is this happening? Unlikely, unless you have malware. You can inspect your traffic.
can you explain how to do this?
steam games for example are nearly impossible to run without admin, can I restrict filesystem permissions for these software?
What steam game requires admin permissions? I'm not aware of any games that require admin permissions.
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Well, that is fair. Those anti-cheats are in user-land on not-windows. Don't think I have given admin permissions to any game, including those with Easy Anti-Cheat, etc.
I'm still surprised Microsoft allows those to exist. Particularly for something as mundane as games.
As for restricting access to files you could run them under a separate user account. User A shouldn't have access to User B's home folder. Although if its something that would need granted admin access I think it would have access to other users files again.
thanks
does this mean software with admin privilege only have access to user folder not root folder of C drive?
Things with admin privilege have access to everything. If it is only user-privileged, it only has access to what that user was granted access to.
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