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Data Collection on Windows 7 & 8

 
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zm0d
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:49 am    Post subject: Data Collection on Windows 7 & 8 Reply with quote
Data collection for the older OSs of microsoft is active now...

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/28/microsoft-intensifies-data-collection-on-windows-7-and-8-systems/

Link also contains information on how to disable all these data crawler bastard things..

Better make sure to overview updates before installing. So disable auto-install.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 6:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Damn it was quick
Props to you
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://github.com/WindowsLies/BlockWindows/
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 5:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
atom0s wrote:

https://github.com/WindowsLies/BlockWindows/


Thanks bud... Seems to be a nice way to block'em.
I wonder if microsoft uses some bypass for their own "hosts" file? So that adding interesting addresses to the host file wont stop'em from gathering my dozen TB of porn.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not sure but it is something they could easily sneak into an update on Windows. Even more so now with Windows 10 since they can force updates on people. I personally stick to Windows 8.1 and just have updates fully disabled.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got Win 10 Enterprise & VS2015 from work, so I was like... "Hummm, seems like I should change now from Win 7, also because Win 10 is the last "real" Windows, so far and for all this creepy data crawling shit, there are blocking tools"... as time goes on and you realize that MS is fucking persistent about "How to get all the user-data from our customers" cracks me up.
I mean, when you clean-install someones PC to remove any viruses, better trojans, and you stick to Windows 10, you got a nice recursion here.
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