Activity history logs everything to the cloud even when disabled. Is it a feature, an overlooked bug, or is Microsoft forcing this telemetry gathering on everyone regardless of the set preference?
Although Microsoft appeared to answer critics, and even lawmakers at the beginning of the year by incorporating even more privacy controls into Windows 10 (which really just adds to the flood of settings you now have to be mindful of) it would appear that the toggles do little to nothing in reality.
Recent versions of Windows include an ‘Activity History’ which allows users to «jump back» on certain activities across devices if they have it enabled, and view a history of those activities in ‘Timeline’, which was introduced with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, again, only if you choose to have those features enabled, although they are by default.
