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That's 1 item[ * ]. I'd still like to see your definitive step-by-step instructions for turning off all telemetry and privacy-invasive connections in Windows 10
by mysterypie 9y ago
That's 1 item[ * ]. I'd still like to see your definitive step-by-step instructions for turning off all telemetry and privacy-invasive connections in Windows 10 -- which is what the OP was attempting to do.
[ * ] How do you know that it even works? Plenty of times I've followed instructions from Microsoft's TechNet that didn't solve the problem it purported to solve.
And by the way, that's a helluva lot of steps to disable IPv6. Multiply that by a hundred other things you need to do, and probably a hundred you don't know about, and changes that get undone by updates, and you have a nightmare trying to create a privacy-respecting Windows 10.
- cwyers 9y agoIPv6 isn't even part of telemetry per say, it's an IETF standard that can be used to connect with any server that supports it. Yes, some OS-level services require IPv6. Shutting off IPv6 as a way of disabling those services is like... using leeches for bloodletting but for IT practices. If you want to disable telemetry and you're on a supported Windows SKU for Group Policy, here's Microsoft's directions on what you can configure: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/configure-windows-telemetry-in-your-organization https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/confi...