What is Windows Telemetry?
The default-enabled Windows 10 telemetry feature set periodically sends usage and performance data to select Microsoft IP addresses.
What is telemetry data?
Windows 10 transmits the following data back to the company:
- Typed text on keyboard sent every 30 minutes (my favorite one!)
- Transmits anything you say into a microphone
- Transcripts of things you say while using Cortana (we'll disable it too)
- Index of all media files on your computer
- When your webcam is first enabled, 35mb of data
- Telemetry data
Credits neweggbusiness.com
You may block Windows Telemetry either manually by following this how-to or by running the script ShutupTelemetry.bat
STEP 1. Open notepad.exe
1. Press WINLOGO + R keys on your keyboard to open the Run dialog.
2. Type or copy/paste (select, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V) the command
notepad %windir%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
3. Click the OK button
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STEP 2. Download hosts files
4. Open FireFox web browser.
5. Open the following URLs one by one if FireFox:
and perform steps 3 and 4 for each of the addresses.
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STEP 3. Copy text to clipboard
6. Click anywhere on the page.
7. Press Ctrl+A keys to select all text.
8. Press Ctrl+C keys to copy selected text to Windows clipboard.
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STEP 4. Update etc\hosts files
9. Switch to the opened notepad window (see the Step 1 above). You can do this by pressing Alt+Tab keys.
10. Place text cursor at the end of the document - click anywhere and press Ctrl+End keys.
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11. Paste text by pressing Ctrl+V keys
12. Place text cursor at the end of the document - press 2 times the Enter key. Return to the #5 and repeat step for the rest or URLs.
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STEP 5. Close notepad window
13. Open the File menu - click or press Alt-F keyes.
14. Save the document - click the Save menu or press Ctrl-S.
15. Close the window.
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