Windows 7 and "Spying" (IMO Hogwash. What do you think?)

Well, because Telemetry system was backported from Windows 10
and the thread is in Windows 7 forum, which indicate for which OS it's intended for

nonetheless, i changed the title per @oldsh_t suggestion

 

@MJ you is impossible trust me!!

 

I don't so much consider it true malicious spying as an invasion of privacy. I can stop it completely by disconnecting from the internet but that's sort of self-defeating.

I've made it a habit of resetting every option I can to enhance privacy, I use Anti-Beacon and I do my dead level best to not post or transmit any personal type information. Thing is, spying and invasions of privacy predate Windows 10 by decades. People have been snooping on other people for as long as there have been people. And that was long before electronic "spying".

It all comes down to your comfort level. For those computers over which I have oversight, I'm satisfied.

 

I know win10 crawls your network and looks for a way out.
That includes win7 clients. So even if 7 isn't directly spying
on you the fact that 10 can use it as a conduit is scary.
The fact that people like Steve Gibson have written apps
that stopped the 10 upgrade says a lot. (BTW thank you
to everyone here that put time and work into the no10
and telemetry scripts/apps for 7! It's been a cat and mouse
game that would be exhausting if not for your work)

These days pretty much everything has some sort of telemetry.
Even firefox runs all your connections and downloads through google
by default. I've read the Nvidia "User Experience" that comes bundled
with the newer drivers has telemetry also. They say that it helps
them fix any issues. The only true reason I see to have it at all is
that it allows you to record your gaming experience and upload it to
some sort of fan site. At this point most companies have just turned us
all into beta testers.

I've seen a good number of solutions to privacy here. The problem
is a lot of them are based on Tor which has already been compromised.
If you wear a tin hat you might want to check out Qubes.
qubes-os.org