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I recommend using a traffic analysis tool for Windows 10 (GlassWire is a nice and easy to use one). I think I must've blocked like 15 different connections to M
by mtgx 10y ago
I recommend using a traffic analysis tool for Windows 10 (GlassWire is a nice and easy to use one). I think I must've blocked like 15 different connections to Microsoft.
Beyond all the new "expected" (yet still annoying) Windows 10 telemetry, feedback, etc server connections, you get to see stuff that will piss you off - like Windows Explorer connecting to Microsoft's servers, or Web Search and Cortana connecting to its servers, even though I disabled both of them (first thing I do when installing Windows 10).
Oh, and all of that with all the options in the Privacy settings being disabled. I like Windows 10 as an OS, but it's ridiculous how much tracking and data sharing Microsoft does behind the scenes. It also makes using your phone as mobile data hotspot useless, because it's going to use a ton of your data quickly.
If I couldn't block most of this stuff I wouldn't touch Windows 10.
https://www.glasswire.com/ https://www.glasswire.com/
- vezycash 10y agoI use Glasswire as well but it's not enough because of Svchost. Whenever I block it, I'm unable to browse the internet. So, I use Netlimiter to throttle the process to 2KB/s.
- voltagex_ 10y agoYou may want to use Process Explorer to check what's actually running under svchost - that's a catxh all for services, I think
- walterbell 10y agoHave you tried Windows 10 Enterprise, which claims to have (Group Policy?) controls for turning off all the tracking?
- shostack 10y agoWhy should consumers have to pay an arm and a leg for privacy features that have been forcibly stripped from them?
- walterbell 10y agoAgreed entirely. Curious if the privacy / non-stripped claims about Enterprise are accurate.