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Microsoft has really been pushing the telemetry lately. Edge phones home far more than any other browser. Windows itself has no way to fully disable data collec

Microsoft has really been pushing the telemetry lately. Edge phones home far more than any other browser. Windows itself has no way to fully disable data collection (only the option to send "basic" or "full" data, including which websites you visit--oof). If you use Pro and you are enough of a power user to feel comfortable editing registry settings, that's what is now required to turn telemetry off, and even then it's hard to know you did it correctly. And this type of tracking is pervasive across the entire Microsoft ecosystem, including within Xbox, Minecraft, Teams, and now VSCode. It's disappointing to say the least.

atatatat 5y ago
What if you set your location to France?
hda2 5y ago
> and even then it's hard to know you did it correctly At that point, why not copy what people do with android? Just run a dummy "vpn" on your system that null-routes traffic going to microsoft-controlled domains or IP blocks. By no means a perfect solution for sure, but a really good one in practice. You have remember to clear the telemetry cache and reconnect your system to microsoft to get updates from time to time.
- RachelF 5y ago
  If Windows 10 can't phone home, it thinks the network is disconnected and tries to fix the problem by restarting the network stack every ~10 minutes.
  - bitwize 5y ago
    I'm sure that if not Windows 11, some version further in the future will interpret an inability to phone home as a network disconnect, and warn the user that they are out of compliance with their license agreement and their OS will stop working in 24 hours.
  - wazzaps 5y ago
    Could you provide a source for that? Couldn't find anything on Google about that
    - RachelF 5y ago
      search for wlan autoconfig
visarga 5y ago
Sounds like something that could be fixed with a software tool, like uBlock for browsers.
nextaccountic 5y ago
> including which websites you visit Are they crazy? How is this legal?
- krageon 5y ago
  It is not, but that never stops large corporations :)

atatatat 5y ago

What if you set your location to France?

hda2 5y ago

> and even then it's hard to know you did it correctly At that point, why not copy what people do with android? Just run a dummy "vpn" on your system that null-routes traffic going to microsoft-controlled domains or IP blocks. By no means a perfect solution for sure, but a really good one in practice. You have remember to clear the telemetry cache and reconnect your system to microsoft to get updates from time to time.

RachelF 5y ago
If Windows 10 can't phone home, it thinks the network is disconnected and tries to fix the problem by restarting the network stack every ~10 minutes.
- bitwize 5y ago
  I'm sure that if not Windows 11, some version further in the future will interpret an inability to phone home as a network disconnect, and warn the user that they are out of compliance with their license agreement and their OS will stop working in 24 hours.
- wazzaps 5y ago
  Could you provide a source for that? Couldn't find anything on Google about that
  - RachelF 5y ago
    search for wlan autoconfig

visarga 5y ago

Sounds like something that could be fixed with a software tool, like uBlock for browsers.

nextaccountic 5y ago

> including which websites you visit Are they crazy? How is this legal?

krageon 5y ago
It is not, but that never stops large corporations :)