Strangely, I decided to lock down my Win10 Pro machines earlier today after seeing telemetry traffic reported by GlassWire. I ended up using O&O ShutUp10, a fr

Strangely, I decided to lock down my Win10 Pro machines earlier today after seeing telemetry traffic reported by GlassWire. I ended up using O&O ShutUp10, a free app with a simple on/off interface for a bunch of Windows privacy-related settings, including telemetry. There are other apps, and ways to block specific domains and IP to prevent Windows from calling home. It's staggering to see just how many part of the OS actually report information. Some references: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_security/how-to-block-spying-telemetry-services/0f104191-c329-4bd4-83d7-60390f2aa5eb?auth=1 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_win... http://superuser.com/questions/972501/how-to-stop-microsoft-from-gathering-telemetry-data-from-windows-7-8-and-8-1 http://superuser.com/questions/972501/how-to-stop-microsoft-... http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/destroy_windows_10_spying.html http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/destroy_windows_10_s... https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10