Windows 10 comes with the Telemetry feature enabled by default which collects user activity and sends it to Microsoft. These services are collecting various information about the software installed on your PC and even personal data stored on your computer. Microsoft claims they may not be used to personally identify you.
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Websites Windows 10 Connects To After a Clean Install
Starting with very first releases of Windows 10, Microsoft was often criticized by a huge number of users, and even by government agencies in certain countries like Netherlands for intensive data collection via the built-in diagnostics and telemetry services. In response, Microsoft has published the list of endpoints Windows 10 connects to after a clean install. Here are the endpoints for the recently released Windows 10 version 1809.
How to Delete Diagnostic Data in Windows 10
As you may already know, Windows 10 comes with a telemetry and data collection feature. It collects a lot of diagnostic data and sends it to Microsoft. According to the company, this data is used to improve the product's quality and the user experience. Along with the recently added Diagnostic Data Viewer app, Microsoft has added the ability to remove the Windows Diagnostic Data that the operating system has collected from your device. Here is how it can be done.
How to Enable Diagnostic Data Viewer in Windows 10
As you may already know, Windows 10 comes with a telemetry and data collection feature. It collects a lot of diagnostic data and sends it to Microsoft. According to the company, this data is used to improve the product's quality and the user experience. Diagnostic Data Viewer is a special tool that they have recently added which allows viewing what data will be sent to Microsoft. Here is how to enable it.
Microsoft will share Windows 10 telemetry data with third-parties
Today, a new sensational report is doing the rounds of the internet. It has come to our knowledge that Microsoft is sharing Windows 10 telemetry data collected from users with select partners. This means that everything Microsoft obtained from your PC can be inspected by a third party for whatever reasons.
