- Jun 11, 2019
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When Windows 10 was released, interested users wrote a lot of articles on the topic of surveillance, telemetry, etc., and concluded that there were much more telemetry and spy functions in 10 than there were in 7. Now the question is whether there are more spy functions and telemetry in 11 than in 10 or not? Are you struggling with telemetry? Do you use specialized programs for this?
Today I looked at the DNS server statistics, and saw that in a month my Windows 10 sends about 4,500 requests to various domains and Microsoft servers, taking into account the computer's Internet time, this is equivalent to 1 request every 5 minutes. At the same time, after looking at where exactly the most requests are sent, I saw that these are update servers and servers that are responsible for the so-called "family security", that is, they collect information about all work on the computer and on the Internet. Although I did not connect any functions for parental control, for tracking children, etc., since I do not need it, I do not understand why Microsoft collects it. I also don't understand why the system accesses the update servers EVERY 5 minutes (and almost every 3-5 minutes accesses the "family security" servers). Is 1 update check per day not enough?
And how are things in Windows 11?
Today I looked at the DNS server statistics, and saw that in a month my Windows 10 sends about 4,500 requests to various domains and Microsoft servers, taking into account the computer's Internet time, this is equivalent to 1 request every 5 minutes. At the same time, after looking at where exactly the most requests are sent, I saw that these are update servers and servers that are responsible for the so-called "family security", that is, they collect information about all work on the computer and on the Internet. Although I did not connect any functions for parental control, for tracking children, etc., since I do not need it, I do not understand why Microsoft collects it. I also don't understand why the system accesses the update servers EVERY 5 minutes (and almost every 3-5 minutes accesses the "family security" servers). Is 1 update check per day not enough?
And how are things in Windows 11?