Telemetry (spying) now introduced in W7 and W8.x through WU

[ajkula66]

If you've chosen to stay away from W10 because of privacy concerns, you may want to be careful with Windows Updates these days, specifically one marked KB3075249

From Microsoft themselves:

This update introduces the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to existing devices. By applying this service, you can add benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet upgraded.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3068708

Admin edit: This post should have all of the latest information: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 76#p765476

[MikalE]

I have finally been able to rid all of my systems from this crap.

Now I examine each and every update number before downloading them.

Microsoft needs to give up on the intrusive behavior. The more computer savy among us are not going to allow it to happen. Maybe we're not their targets?

[Puppy]

Microsoft needs to give up on the intrusive behavior. The more computer savy among us are not going to allow it to happen. Maybe we're not their targets?

Do you use any Google software (Chrome browser etc) or an Android device ? If so, the Windows telemetry is non-issue for you