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Microsoft Monitoring How Long You Use Windows 10 (betanews.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the keeping-track-of-your-hours dept.

Mark Wilson writes: The various privacy concerns surrounding Windows 10 have received a lot of coverage in the media, but it seems that there are ever more secrets coming to light. The Threshold 2 Update did nothing to curtail privacy invasion, and the latest Windows 10 installation figures show that Microsoft is also monitoring how long people are using the operating system. This might seem like a slightly strange statistic for Microsoft to keep track of, but the company knows how long, collectively, Windows 10 has been running on computers around the world. To have reached this figure (11 billion hours in December, apparently) Microsoft must have been logging individuals' usage times. Intrigued, we contacted Microsoft to find out what on earth is going on.

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  1. Re:I shall hug my Windows 7 by Holi · · Score: 4, Informative

    They backported all that crap to 7 you know.
    http://www.extremetech.com/com...

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  2. Re: no one cares by arth1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    About as long as we pretend like all other OSes dont gather data on how their software is used

    Gentoo does no such thing. Really.

  3. Re:If it weren't for games by AmiMoJo · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is no keylogger in Windows 10. Let's be absolutely clear about that so that the myth can die.

    Windows 10 has similar features to iOS and Android for voice and pen input, which do involve sending samples to a remote server. It's optional with both.

    There is no keylogger recording your keyboard input.

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  4. Re:If it weren't for games by Lennie · · Score: 3, Informative

    I wouldn't say the Raspbian on RPi is representative of 'desktop Linux'.

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  5. I doubt that by nospam007 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Like many people, I block them on the router level.
    If I missed some of them, please tell me.

    choice.microsoft.com
    choice.microsoft.com.nstac.net
    cs1.wpc.v0cdn.net
    df.telemetry.microsoft.com
    i1.services.social.microsoft.com
    i1.services.social.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
    oca.telemetry.microsoft.com
    oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
    pre.footprintpredict.com
    redir.metaservices.microsoft.com
    reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
    services.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
    settings-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
    sqm.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
    sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com
    sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
    ssw.live.com
    statsfe1.ws.microsoft.com
    telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com
    telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
    telemetry.appex.bing.net
    telemetry.microsoft.com
    telemetry.urs.microsoft.com
    vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
    vortex-win.data.microsoft.com
    vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
    vortex.data.microsoft.com
    watson.telemetry.microsoft.com
    watson.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.ne

    1. Re:I doubt that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      http://someonewhocares.org/hos...

      0.0.0.0 a-0001.a-msedge.net
      0.0.0.0 choice.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 choice.microsoft.com.nstac.net
      0.0.0.0 compatexchange.cloudapp.net
      0.0.0.0 corpext.msitadfs.glbdns2.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 corp.sts.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 cs1.wpc.v0cdn.net
      0.0.0.0 df.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 diagnostics.support.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 fe2.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net
      0.0.0.0 feedback.search.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 feedback.windows.com
      0.0.0.0 i1.services.social.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 i1.services.social.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
      0.0.0.0 oca.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
      0.0.0.0 pre.footprintpredict.com
      0.0.0.0 redir.metaservices.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 services.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 settings-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 sls.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net
      0.0.0.0 sqm.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
      0.0.0.0 ssw.live.com
      0.0.0.0 statsfe1.ws.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 statsfe2.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net
      0.0.0.0 survey.watson.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
      0.0.0.0 telemetry.appex.bing.net
      0.0.0.0 telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 telemetry.urs.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 vortex.data.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 vortex-win.data.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 watson.live.com
      0.0.0.0 watson.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 watson.ppe.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 watson.telemetry.microsoft.com
      0.0.0.0 watson.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net

  6. Re: no one cares by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Slackware and Debian as well don't spy on me either.... in fact I am certain that BSD does not as well.

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