Then, I installed a traffic monitoring tool - and surprise surprise - I still found some stuff trying to randomly connect to Microsoft's servers, similarly to what Peter Bright from Ars discovered (btw, "telemetry" can only be fully disabled on Enterprise version of Windows 10):
I blocked those, too, and for now the Windows 10 spying monster seems to have settled down - BUT - new story points to the fact that you won't even know what Windows 10 updates will do in the future. That means that on machines where they see they can't spy on you anymore, they could push an update to bypass those protections and still spy on you.
Windows 10 really seems to be designed based on an NSA/law enforcement's wishlist. Any security or privacy measures you might take on it can be rendered useless by an update, and some articles even say Microsoft gets all of your typed keys (so all passwords).
I didn't but I suspect because their first link looks like a malware pinata. They should have just linked to Github, rather than to some site with a whole host of fake "download" buttons, that looks a lot like CNet/Download.com.
I am also seeing downvotes in this thread I would not have expected, for what appear to be legit issues with Windows 10, even if some of the rhetoric is a wee hyperbolic.
I dont normally like to go meta and talk about voting, but this is the worst example I have probably ever seen.
1) turned off everything in the Customization section at install
2) Used http://pxc-coding.com/portfolio/donotspy10/
3) Used https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking
Then, I installed a traffic monitoring tool - and surprise surprise - I still found some stuff trying to randomly connect to Microsoft's servers, similarly to what Peter Bright from Ars discovered (btw, "telemetry" can only be fully disabled on Enterprise version of Windows 10):
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-w...
I blocked those, too, and for now the Windows 10 spying monster seems to have settled down - BUT - new story points to the fact that you won't even know what Windows 10 updates will do in the future. That means that on machines where they see they can't spy on you anymore, they could push an update to bypass those protections and still spy on you.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/21/microsoft_will_expla...
Windows 10 really seems to be designed based on an NSA/law enforcement's wishlist. Any security or privacy measures you might take on it can be rendered useless by an update, and some articles even say Microsoft gets all of your typed keys (so all passwords).
http://localghost.org/posts/a-traffic-analysis-of-windows-10
When I find some time these days, I'll wipe Windows 10 and never look back.