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It would be overwhelmingly more interesting to see the contents of these 'telemetry' packets. Has anyone sorted out how to do that yet? A side-effect of being
by kardos 11y ago
It would be overwhelmingly more interesting to see the contents of these 'telemetry' packets. Has anyone sorted out how to do that yet?
A side-effect of being able to view the 'telemetry' packets is that one could also modify the packets on the way out.
- userbinator 11y agoI'd bet a lot of it is encrypted. The flip-side of having security. Remember the "smart" TV spying a few years ago that was discovered only because it was doing it in plaintext? http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/smart-tv-from-lg-phones-home-with-users-viewing-habits-usb-file-names/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/smart-tv-from-lg-pho... With encrypted connections, you won't know what data it's sending, and if MS's treatment of security in other areas in previous versions of Windows is any indicator, the certificates will also be hardcoded so it's very difficult to MITM. Good for stopping everyone else from spying on you, but really bad when it stops you from knowing what data your own machine is sending.
- kardos 11y agoIndeed. Anything Microsoft writes in their "privacy policy" is indistinguishable from hogwash until we can see what is in the packets.
- nisa 11y agoDid anyone tried to MITM a Windows 10 install e.g. with adding his own cert to the certstore? Edit: Found this: https://systemoverlord.com/blog/so-is-windows-10-spying-on-you/ https://systemoverlord.com/blog/so-is-windows-10-spying-on-y...