> Is there any accurate analysis of exactly what Microsoft collects in Windows 10? Microsoft could easily demystify this by writing detailed document detailing

> Is there any accurate analysis of exactly what Microsoft collects in Windows 10? Microsoft could easily demystify this by writing detailed document detailing what is being sent but unfortunately there isn't one. Even if it was, part of the outrage is that some most egregious options are opt-out and easy to miss if you are not technically inclined and just went through unintended upgrade. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/configure-windows-telemetry-in-your-organization https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/con... Most lists are open-ended, they will start with "such as" so you can't be sure there isn't anything more. Even then under basic level I fail to see why they'd need to take my IMEI number or device attributes of presumably every piece of hardware I connect to my computer. Then there's another group of settings related to privacy, the most troublesome is "Send Microsoft info about how I write" which seems intentionally vague about what it does, but it's been suggested that it sends keystrokes to Microsoft and we know this feature is included in Windows due to this bit from privacy statement: "Microsoft collects and uses data about your speech, inking (handwriting), and typing on Windows devices to help improve and personalize our ability to correctly recognize your input."