Microsoft backports data slurp to Windows 7 and 8 via patches (Win 10 spyware comes to 7, 8.1)

The Register ^ | Sep 1, 2015 | Andrew Orlowski

[zeugma]

You’ll have to do that from your router; multiple reports say these telemetry programs have hard-coded IPs AND they bypass both the OS firewall and the hosts file.

actually, that's what I meant. Though in my case, i can blacklist it from the host that is running the windows VM as well with iptables.

[zeugma]

Thinking about blocking outgoing/incoming for 64.4.0.0/18 at the router as well. That would work pretty well.

[catnipman]

“Thinking about blocking outgoing/incoming for 64.4.0.0/18 at the router as well. That would work pretty well.”

btw, ghacks has changed their mind about the effectiveness of using the OS firewall for blocking these addresses:

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/28/microsoft-intensifies-data-collection-on-windows-7-and-8-systems/

[Cicero]

Thanks for that information.

[timestax]

ping

[Moltke]

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