Terminals
Windows Terminal privacy rating
Microsoft's terminal application for Windows, with tabs, panes, profiles for PowerShell, Command Prompt and WSL, and GPU-accelerated text rendering.
Summary
Windows Terminal scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the terminals criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 65 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Sends usage events to Microsoft through the Windows diagnostic data pipeline, controlled by the Windows optional diagnostic data setting.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Free MIT-licensed app from Microsoft, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.