What Windows 10 collect about me ? I know that M$ is collecting data since Vista or 7, but which is the worst in privacy 10 or 8.1 ? I will back to 8.1 if 10 is worst than 8.1, I know I can't stop M$ but Ill take the less harmful I have problems with the drivers with Win 10 too
if it was just a diagnostics data its ok ! that thread is showing how to remove the updated on Win 7, how about Win 8.1 ?
If you read through the post you'd see what was listed for 8.1. KB3075249, KB3080149, KB3022345, KB3068708. If you have a router with firewall, most times it has a URL block list. You could put this list into it and never have to worry about Windows phoning home. Spoiler Code: vortex.data.microsoft.com vortex-win.data.microsoft.com telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net oca.telemetry.microsoft.com oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net watson.telemetry.microsoft.com watson.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net redir.metaservices.microsoft.com choice.microsoft.com choice.microsoft.com.nsatc.net df.telemetry.microsoft.com reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com services.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com sqm.df.telemetry.microsoft.com telemetry.microsoft.com watson.ppe.telemetry.microsoft.com telemetry.appex.bing.net telemetry.urs.microsoft.com telemetry.appex.bing.net:443 settings-sandbox.data.microsoft.com vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com survey.watson.microsoft.com watson.live.com watson.microsoft.com statsfe2.ws.microsoft.com corpext.msitadfs.glbdns2.microsoft.com compatexchange.cloudapp.net cs1.wpc.v0cdn.net a-0001.a-msedge.net statsfe2.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net sls.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net fe2.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net diagnostics.support.microsoft.com corp.sts.microsoft.com statsfe1.ws.microsoft.com pre.footprintpredict.com i1.services.social.microsoft.com i1.services.social.microsoft.com.nsatc.net feedback.windows.com feedback.microsoft-hohm.com feedback.search.microsoft.com rad.msn.com preview.msn.com ad.doubleclick.net ads.msn.com ads1.msads.net ads1.msn.com a.ads1.msn.com a.ads2.msn.com adnexus.net adnxs.com az361816.vo.msecnd.net az512334.vo.msecnd.net
To anyone just waking up to this, blocking these hosts on the Windows Firewall or in your HOSTS file is not sufficient any longer. MS is now bypassing the HOSTS file and firewall for calls to these URLs. You have to bypass calls to those URLs at your router. Also, slightly related: YouTube is requiring Chrome users to sit through full ads now (no skip button), bypassing AdBlock for Chrome if the YouTube Player applet is installed in your browser. Quick fix is using YouTube via FireFox or uninstalling the YouTube Chrome applet.
Source? I know about the hosts, but I tested firewall personally for extended amount of time and didn't see it being bypassed except a short time before firewall driver loaded at boot up.
A few people on here wrongly believe that somehow Windows Firewall ignores block rules. It doesn't, and no evidence of data being transmitted or received once a good solid block list is in place has ever been shown on here.
both do the same, the only difference is that in Windows 10 you have more options for it, so is more configurable.
Indeed. I personally use whitelist and block everything else approach. I did quite thorough testing while trying to use windows normally in vmware and captured all traffic to see if any unwanted packets bypassed Windows firewall. Nothing did. Today I moved my setup to real computer connected to internet through UniFi AP which fortunately has tcpdump in-built, so I used that to sniff all traffic from/to this computer and saved to pcap on secondary computer for analysis. So far I did not find any "leak". I'd really want to see someone to finally prove when exactly unwanted (spy) traffic bypasses Windows Firewall (except very short time during boot, which is normal and happens in all Windows versions). These are my current rules if anyone is interested: i.imgur.com/dIlaxuD.png
You would be better of asking in the win 8.1 main. And you should ask if anyone has run a program that monitors internet. I think asking a general question like this will get you a lot of speculation. There are some people here who are running 8.1 also, but on the 8 main they usually all do.
No their not joking, they think that a cell phone collects the same data, they also think that when people go on the internet they post their most private secrets so why does anyone need privacy. What they have no idea about is most all people never post what they don't want known as private on the net only what they feel is public. What you do on your PC is nobody's business, too bad criminals like MS are allowed to create their own set of standards for privacy, which no Gov will stop them as they can get this data anytime they want. I doubt you have Nuclear secrets on it, but it's the idea of what is private.