Boy, the good ole days are gone when it comes to Windows. I am posting just to help anybody that doesn’t know. This is like a creepy wire tap. If you are actually using Windows 11, make sure to disable and or reduce telemetry in Windows 11 (Privacy). If that actually helps, I am sure there are more ways they send data back but the video link is a simple how to for the telemetry.
Only way to be safe is to not to use windows.
Fantastic news , and now release the Epstein files
Admin accounts on Windows have little more control of core functions than a guest user. Its unrealistic to expect this can be prevented it can be mitigated but any workaround will be undone by the next major update.
It’s not that hard really… application-level firewall, only allow the apps you actually use. Or you could block all access from your router except to a proxy, and then configure just the apps you use to use the proxy. Eliminates 99.9% of unwanted outbound traffic.
Many other OSes, distros and apps phone home/have telemetry too (yes even Linux ones), it’s not like this is some egregious behavior nobody else does.
I haven’t touched Windows since 7. I can’t imagine how horrible it is to use now.
Would be interesting to see how this changes with changing official settings, then again with common tools like O&O
