[Guide]Way to Disable Keylogger/ Telemetry v3.55

Heh... it certainly will. I'd recommend doing that last in the integration process, tho. it might break a future update.

 

I ran the disable telemetry batch script. So after reboot and running it again, it should say that telemetry is disabled. Would you want to re-enable it?

But instead, it still says that the Telemetry is enabled and offers to disable it again and again.

So your script I am afraid is not working or needs some modifications.

Thank you for the effort.

 

Hmm. I will tinker a bit.

 

sorry for reasking, but really want to make sure does that reg key truly disable telemetry on home and pro? have you tested it to make sure no telemetry traffic is going on? again i don't mean to bug.

and yeah, when i ran the script, it told me it was already disabled and would i like to reenable it, but i never added the key. so i ended up adding it manually.

 

Okay try this for the disable telemetry script.
I had some errors that were causing it to only work to disable, but not to re-enable:

Disable-Telemetry.cmd:

Code:

@echo off


title Disable/Enable Windows Telemetry
color 1f
:Begin UAC check and Auto-Elevate Permissions
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"


REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
echo:
echo   Requesting Administrative Privileges...
echo   Press YES in UAC Prompt to Continue
echo:


    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )


:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"


    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B


:gotAdmin
    if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------


:Check the key:
(reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" /v "AllowTelemetry"|find /i "0x0")>NUL 2>NUL
if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :KEYOFF


:KEYON
echo ============================================================
echo Windows Telemetry currently disabled.
echo Would you like to re-enable it? (Y/N)
echo ============================================================
echo.
choice /c yn /n
If %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 1 GOTO :QUIT


Echo Deleting Telemetry Registry key
REG DELETE "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" /v "AllowTelemetry" /F>NUL 2>NUL
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO :ERROR
Echo.


Echo Windows Telemetry enabled
Echo.
goto :QUIT




:KEYOFF
echo ============================================================
echo Windows Telemetry is currently enabled.
echo Would you like to disable it? (Y/N)
echo ============================================================
echo.
choice /c yn /n
If %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 1 GOTO :QUIT


Echo Changing Registry key
reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" /v "AllowTelemetry">NUL 2>NUL
if %errorlevel% equ 1 REG DELETE "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" /v "AllowTelemetry" /F>NUL 2>NUL
REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" /v "AllowTelemetry" /D 0 /T REG_DWORD /F>NUL 2>NUL
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO :ERROR
Echo.


Echo Windows Telemetry disabled
Echo.
goto :QUIT




:QUIT
echo ============================================================
echo Press any key to exit...
echo ============================================================
pause>NUL
goto :EOF


:ERROR
echo ============================================================
echo The script ran into an unexpected error setting reg key.
echo Press any key to exit...
echo ============================================================
pause>NUL
goto :EOF

 

Well, it's hard to prove. You can get wireshark out and find if any of the vortex addresses are being accessed.
If they are, is any data being sent? or is it a timed thing that just checks in?

All of this stuff needs further testing.

 

Would be good to gather reg-keys/info and put all together, the Tweaks Thread is a formidable Mess .

Then one could try to merge into a script.

 

A lot of times ppl post a tweak without any sort of explanation.
I don't know about you, but I tend to avoid adding registry info if I don't know what it's supposed to do
Yes, needs cataloging and sorting.

 

Same here, only set when you know what's for . We'll get it done, i'm optimistic.

 

Reminds me, there's always a nice hybrid code(abbodi: Powershell/s1ave: CMD) to change a reg-key with TI level and set back to TI afterwards .

 

May i ask if this keylogger is present in the RTM build (10240.16384.150709-1700) or was it found in the beta/testing builds only ?

 

It's an option during setup, yes. Settings->Privacy->writing and inking data

 

hello master Murphy78, i have installed Windows 10 Professional X64.
There is option Speech, inkink, & typing at Settings->PrivacyIn the right side there is a button Stop getting to know me
Have to press it ?
On the other hand, at option General have to switch off all the privacy options?
I don't understand exactlly your text: It's an option during setup, yes
This option appears during the OS installing?Thank you in advance

 

Did some catch up reading on the 60+ pages of this thread and I've concluded MS and their data logging in W10 is ridiculous. Seems like they've made it FAR more tedious to get rid of their snooping behavior than in previous versions of Windows.

Is it possible that someone is working on an all-in-one patcher to remove all datalogging/keylogging/telemetry/bulls**t in one click (similar to Microsoft Toolkit or KMSpico)?

As a consumer, I can only dream.

 

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Nice clickbait. Now back testing the s$$t out of win10.

 

This is what i am waiting for something we can integrate into the iso and straight after setup it can run automatically and disable all the telemetry sh*t!

 

So... this means all of this keylogger thing is just paranoia and it just collects data to make this services run better?
Well... that sounds better... but what is all this telemetry all about then?
Sorry, I'm just confused about this... Thanks in advance for the answer

 

Information = Currency (does 'Google' ring a bell).