Edit this page Discussion Backlinks Fold/unfold all Rename Page 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 attachment STEP 2. Download hosts files 4. Open FireFox web browser. 5. Open the following URLs one by one if FireFox: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/spy.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/extra.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/update.txt and perform steps 3 and 4 for each of the addresses. attachment 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. attachment 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. attachment 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. attachment 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. attachment Log In Detach Close This topic does not exist yet You've followed a link to a topic that doesn't exist yet. If permissions allow, you may create it by clicking on “Create this page”.