As if previous versions of Windows weren’t phoning home to Redmond every fifteen seconds.
Yeah. Many times I have awakened in the middle of the night, got up to make a pit stop, and saw my laptop and/or desktop [both supposed to be in 'sleep' mode] hard drive lights flashing and the modem/router lights doing the same.
I have 'auto updates' turned off on both machines, but still occasionally start having operation type problems. I have to do a System Restore and notice several 'critical update' events have been put on the computer.
The only real options seem to be shutting the computers completely down or turning the modem/router off. But, I figure they (MS or NSA or whoever is getting the data) will just download it during the day when the computer is on.