Windows 10 Worst Secret Spins Out Of Control
 

Back in November Microsoft confirmed Windows 10â??s worst kept secret: its extensive telemetry (or â??spyingâ?? as it has been labelled) cannot be stopped. What no-one realised until now, however, is just how staggering the extent of this tracking really isâ?¦

Blowing the lid on it this week is Voat user CheesusCrust whose extensive investigation found Windows 10 contacts Microsoft to report data thousands of times per day. And the kicker? This happens after choosing a custom Windows 10 installation and disabling all three pages of tracking options which are all enabled by default.

The raw numbers come out as follows: in an eight hour period Windows 10 tried to send data back to 51 different Microsoft IP addresses over 5500 times. After 30 hours of use, Windows 10 expanded that data reporting to 113 non-private IP addresses. Being non-private means there is the potential for hackers to intercept this data.


Taking this a step further, the testing was then repeated on another Windows 10 clean installation again with all data tracking options disabled and third party tool DisableWinTracking was also installed which tries to shut down all hidden Windows 10 data reporting attempts. At the end of the 30 hour period Windows 10 had still managed to phone home with data 2758 times to 30 different IP addresses.

A further interesting fact is these tests were conducted using Windows 10 Enterprise Edition â?? the version of Windows 10 with most granular level of user control and far more than the standard Windows 10 Home edition used by most consumers. All of which confirms, this controversial data tracking simply cannot be stopped.

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Oh My God!
 

There is no such thing as "free", i guess they realized how they can earn way more money by selling data that then with selling licenses.

They never said "Don't be evil" :).

Enterprise windows 10 isn't free.

Normally I don't bother responding to the OP's trheads because it's just a waste of time. However, in this case it's a really good opportunity to demonstrate a simple point.

The guy who wrote the Forbes article, much like wehateporn, is not well educated and certainly no expert in the subject matter. In fact, the whole thing is stupid. One glance at the article and anyone who actually understands networking will know right away how terrible this "test" by an anonymous user was. For the rest of you, feel free to read up here When it comes to Windows 10 privacy, don't trust amateur analysts | ZDNet where it is explained simply.

One of these days WHP is going to have to be right about something just by dumb luck. Unfortunately, it's not this time. :1orglaugh

And Steve Jobs was an asshole.

There are a few programs that allow you to disable some creepy features. I think it may work, but, I don't trust it. I guess it's UBUNTU time.

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Bump for another failure thread.

One of his better comedy threads. I actually clicked the Forbes link. :1orglaugh

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I think Windows 10 pretty much put the NSA out of business. :2 cents:

windows 10 NSA edition