Thread: Garmin Lifetime Updater™

Originally Posted by timp4411

I see the advantages of the updater.

But it still doesn't override my resistance to allow Garmin, or anyone else, to dig inside my computer.

In that case you shouldn't use Garmin Map Updater either that collects a lot of data from installed maps and used unlock keys etc.
Running Garmin Lifetime Updater or Garmin Map Updater in a very clean and lean Virtual Machine gives just the info about what the software can read from the used GarminDevice.xml files.

Avoid that Garmin Lifetime runs at start-up by removing the Windows Registry key that starts the application.

Example of Run key for Windows 64-bit (remove the "Wow6432Node\" path if you have 32-bit Windows):

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Originally Posted by Ballebar

In that case you shouldn't use Garmin Map Updater either that collects a lot of data from installed maps and used unlock keys etc.
Running Garmin Lifetime Updater or Garmin Map Updater in a very clean and lean Virtual Machine gives just the info about what the software can read from the used GarminDevice.xml files.

Avoid that Garmin Lifetime runs at start-up by removing the Windows Registry key that starts the application.

Example of Run key for Windows 64-bit (remove the "Wow6432Node\" path if you have 32-bit Windows):

Code:

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I was unaware that Garmin collects Data with a map update. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

But I still get a feeling the data collected with the Map Updater is less than is collected than if you give them "permission" to collect Data when using a Beta.

I can't say one way or the other, it's just a gut feeling.