Windows 10 Data Mining Coming To Windows 7 And 8

[NightMare Paint]

Windows 10 Worst Feature Installed On Windows 7 And Windows 8

Laughing at Microsoft MSFT +0.00%’s controversial data mining and privacy invasions within Windows 10? Well Windows 7 and Windows 8 users should laugh no longer as this most hated spying is now headed your way…

Software specialist site gHacks has discovered that Microsoft has pushed four new updates to both Windows 7 and Windows 8 which introduce new data collecting and user behaviour tracking features.

The four updates in question and the official Microsoft descriptions are:

• KB3068708 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry – 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. The update also supports applications that are subscribed to Visual Studio Application Insights. (Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1)

• KB3022345 (replaced by KB3068708) Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry – This update introduces the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to in-market devices. By applying this service, you can add benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet been upgraded. The update also supports applications that are subscribed to Visual Studio Application Insights. (Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1)

• KB3075249 Update that adds telemetry points to consent.exe in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 – This update adds telemetry points to the User Account Control (UAC) feature to collect information on elevations that come from low integrity levels. (Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1)

• KB3080149 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry – This package updates the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to existing devices. This service provides benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet upgraded. The update also supports applications that are subscribed to Visual Studio Application Insights. (Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1)

Furthermore gHacks notes that ” these four updates ignore existing user preferences stored in Windows 7 and Windows 8 (including any edits made to the Hosts file) and immediately starts exchanging user data with vortex-win.data.microsoft.com and settings-win.data.microsoft.com.

“These, and maybe others, appear to be hardcoded which means that the Hosts file is bypassed automatically”, gHacks explains.

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[Flawless]

time to switch to linux

 

[kraven]

Man. Just got this windows 8 laptop the other day and it auto updated and restarted itself while i was out the room. Didnt even know it could do that! Hopfully it didnt get the updates in the article .

 

[Flawless]

Man. Just got this windows 8 laptop the other day and it auto updated and restarted itself while i was out the room. Didnt even know it could do that! Hopfully it didnt get the updates in the article .

you can look in your installed updates and uninstall them

 

[NightMare Paint]

Man. Just got this windows 8 laptop the other day and it auto updated and restarted itself while i was out the room. Didnt even know it could do that! Hopfully it didnt get the updates in the article .

Pretty sure it did if your updates are current man.

Might be helpful:
http://www.ghacks.net/2014/12/11/how-to-remove-installed-windows-updates-and-block-them-afterwards/

 

[durham]

ain't this about a bitch.

 

[4 Dimensional]

time to switch to linux

I be tryna tell folk that's where it's at, but they ain't listening or scared to use it because it's too "difficult."

 

[SPECTRE1]

They have been 'data mining' my computer and smartphone for years, stealing shit for product development.



I welcome this move because it will create a market for other companies some based in countries with strong privacy protections.

 

[kwazdog]

I'm glad my shit is dual boot. Im about to delete my windows drive, i never use that shit anyway.

 

[SPECTRE1]

Open source doesnt mean shit either if they push updates to your computer like Android. They should provide the ability to download service packs anonymously.

You should not have to 'register' when you startup the first time.

 

[kinglickk]

thx for the heads up.
I was already excluding 3068708
will add the others.
I also say fuck you to 2952664 3035583.

 

[Lexx Diamond]

Thanks for the post.

 

[kraven]

Pretty sure it did if your updates are current man.

Might be helpful:
http://www.ghacks.net/2014/12/11/how-to-remove-installed-windows-updates-and-block-them-afterwards/

It downloaded one of them. I disabled the auto updates before it got the rest. Just uninstalled, then blocked all of the ones from the article, thanks.

 

[Flawless]

I be tryna tell folk that's where it's at, but they ain't listening or scared to use it because it's too "difficult."

In case anyone wants to try out linux I recommend Linux Mint, its setup for someone who has been using windows all their life, it's as easy to use as windows xp or windows 7 and you don't need to learn any linux code or that shit, its setup to work right out the box and is perfect for anyone who mainly uses their computer to surf the net and watch video aka porn (99% of bgol)

 

[GAMETHEORY]

Anyone know how I can auto fit this document in the whole page in MS Word instead of of its current look:

28. (S) IT IS OUR ASSESSMENT THAT OF THE PRIORITY ISSUES THE
COUNTRY FACES, GETTING A GRIP ON ROYAL FAMILY EXCESSES IS AT THE
TOP. BUT AS LONG AS THE ROYAL FAMILY VIEWS THIS COUNTRY AS "AL
SAUD INC.," EVER INCREASING NUMBERS OF PRINCES AND PRINCESSES WILL
SEE IT AS THEIR BIRTHRIGHT TO RECEIVE LAVISH DIVIDEND PAYMENTS, AND
DIP INTO THE TILL FROM TIME TO TIME, BY SHEER VIRTUE OF COMPANY
OWNERSHIP.

 

[ansatsusha_gouki]

I be tryna tell folk that's where it's at, but they ain't listening or scared to use it because it's too "difficult."

I've been wanting to switch to Linux,for awhile now.....never got around to it...I guess,this will be the motivation I need to switch to Linux.

 

[NightMare Paint]

Anyone know how I can auto fit this document in the whole page in MS Word instead of of its current look:

28. (S) IT IS OUR ASSESSMENT THAT OF THE PRIORITY ISSUES THE
COUNTRY FACES, GETTING A GRIP ON ROYAL FAMILY EXCESSES IS AT THE
TOP. BUT AS LONG AS THE ROYAL FAMILY VIEWS THIS COUNTRY AS "AL
SAUD INC.," EVER INCREASING NUMBERS OF PRINCES AND PRINCESSES WILL
SEE IT AS THEIR BIRTHRIGHT TO RECEIVE LAVISH DIVIDEND PAYMENTS, AND
DIP INTO THE TILL FROM TIME TO TIME, BY SHEER VIRTUE OF COMPANY
OWNERSHIP.

Have you tried getting the fuck outta here with that bullshit?