I&#x27;m actually more annoyed by gmail tracking than windows tracking.<p>It seems I can disable the windows tracking. Microsoft can spy on others, but if can opt out I don&#x27;t care that much, it is just one more annoying default to change when I use a new machine like unchecking the &quot;hide known extensions&quot;.<p>I run my own mail server. But gmail, yahoo and hotmail represent like 99% of my personal contacts. That means that these three companies have pretty much access to all of my personal emails, with personally identifiable information (my first name, last name, email address) and I have no way to opt out, other than convincing my contacts to stop using these services (good luck with that!). I didn&#x27;t ask for that tracking. I do not agree with google having access to my emails, I did not agree to google&#x27;s terms and conditions. I am not a gmail customer. But my private correspondence is still recorded by gmail.