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[–] 1475002? 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The difference is that Windows 10 increases the telemetry you're exposed to, not that it's the only thing that can invade your privacy. Microsoft is now morphing into a facebook/google like creature. The telemetry in Windows 10 is new, and is in addition to, whatever invasions you may already be exposed to, so it's not that Windows 10 is the one and only thing that can affect your privacy - it's just more of something we're tired of dealing with.

People who value their privacy use DuckDuckGo, Firefox with NoScript or other protections, and would not use Google or Bing. Microsoft is baking more telemetry into the OS itself now. There's whole how-to posts about securing Windows 10 from these additional things, which did not exist in Windows 7.

Windows 10 and privacy

Disable data collection

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[–] arrggg 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Great links!

The Group Policy settings to make it stop searching the web for everything are exactly what I have been searching for. That hosts file for blocking all microsoft servers is awesome too.

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[–] Drachen 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you for sharing those two links with me. You are amazing.