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It is insane to me that a 2432 line script is required to achieve this.

viraptor 5y ago
You get the options to both enable and disable the steps so that's half the lines. Then there's lots of things like "DisableLockScreen" which are not really related to the goals at the top. It's definitely not 2.4k lines to disable telemetry.
mattowen_uk 5y ago
At least 70% of what's in the script can also be done via the UI, and I'd say another 10% is stuff you really shouldn't do anyway (disabling SmartScreen etc.)... The telemetry bit is about 20 or lines, if that.
- bserge 5y ago
  SmartScreen is not Windows Defender, the latter is the antivirus with its own regularly updated database, firewall, etc. SmartScreen basically sends your files to Microsoft, for "enhanced security" or something. FWIW I put Defender on notification only mode because Microsoft ever so helpfully removed the actual quarantine directory and now files dumped into quarantine are basically unrecoverable. I just use the firewall with a third party interactive GUI and block anything that I can't identify.
  - mattowen_uk 5y ago
    I know what SmartScreen is. It's also useful to keep on as it's a cloud anti-malware service. It does not send your personal files to MS. Stop with the lies, please. No they haven't removed the quarantine restoration option. You can mark any file it quarantines as safe, and it gets restored and never flagged again.
    - blibble 5y ago
      > It does not send your personal files to MS. Stop with the lies, please. what does this option do then? https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_599de3a3e07e2.png https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_599... and of course: it's enabled by default
      - skneko 5y ago
        This does not send personal files to MS, no. It sends executables that have been already flagged as a virus through other methods (e.g. heuristics). Also this is part of Defender, not of SmartScreen.
        blibble 5y ago
        it states that it can send personal files to MS, but it's "likely" that you will get a prompt before plus the T&Cs let them send whatever they want Windows now behaves like mid 2000s malware, but with more ads
    - bserge 5y ago
      Files or hashes, I don't care. It's a dumb idea when Defender already exists. Yes, the quarantine is still there. But if Defender can't pull the file out, you can't just open the folder manually and cut-paste anymore. Your file for all intents and purposes is gone. Granted most people will never have to worry about this.

You get the options to both enable and disable the steps so that's half the lines. Then there's lots of things like "DisableLockScreen" which are not really related to the goals at the top. It's definitely not 2.4k lines to disable telemetry.

mattowen_uk 5y ago

At least 70% of what's in the script can also be done via the UI, and I'd say another 10% is stuff you really shouldn't do anyway (disabling SmartScreen etc.)... The telemetry bit is about 20 or lines, if that.

bserge 5y ago
SmartScreen is not Windows Defender, the latter is the antivirus with its own regularly updated database, firewall, etc. SmartScreen basically sends your files to Microsoft, for "enhanced security" or something. FWIW I put Defender on notification only mode because Microsoft ever so helpfully removed the actual quarantine directory and now files dumped into quarantine are basically unrecoverable. I just use the firewall with a third party interactive GUI and block anything that I can't identify.
- mattowen_uk 5y ago
  I know what SmartScreen is. It's also useful to keep on as it's a cloud anti-malware service. It does not send your personal files to MS. Stop with the lies, please. No they haven't removed the quarantine restoration option. You can mark any file it quarantines as safe, and it gets restored and never flagged again.
  - blibble 5y ago
    > It does not send your personal files to MS. Stop with the lies, please. what does this option do then? https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_599de3a3e07e2.png https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_599... and of course: it's enabled by default
    - skneko 5y ago
      This does not send personal files to MS, no. It sends executables that have been already flagged as a virus through other methods (e.g. heuristics). Also this is part of Defender, not of SmartScreen.
      - blibble 5y ago
        it states that it can send personal files to MS, but it's "likely" that you will get a prompt before plus the T&Cs let them send whatever they want Windows now behaves like mid 2000s malware, but with more ads
  - bserge 5y ago
    Files or hashes, I don't care. It's a dumb idea when Defender already exists. Yes, the quarantine is still there. But if Defender can't pull the file out, you can't just open the folder manually and cut-paste anymore. Your file for all intents and purposes is gone. Granted most people will never have to worry about this.