| Ah… I did some more looking around and found out that the “Off” option actually did still exist¹ in the release version of Windows 10 Enterprise. However, it seems like some update to Windows 10 changed the label from “Off” to “Security”² instead. I can only think of two possible explanations for the change: • Microsoft removed the already existing capability to completely turn off Telemetry for some reason, or • the “Off” label wasn’t accurate in the first place, so Microsoft changed it to something less misleading In any case, it seems like Microsoft has no plans to include a way to fully turn off telemetry on Windows 10 Enterprise anytime soon³. As for your inquiry, unfortunately, I haven’t seen a more in-depth analysis of what being sent than the one at the link you’ve posted (although it actually does go into a bit more detail than just the part you’ve quoted here). There is this⁴, although it’s just a list of hostnames and IP addresses; there was no packet inspection done, so it doesn’t make it clear what’s actually being sent. ―――――― ¹ — http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/window... ² — http://i.imgur.com/ubCQrWk.png ³ — http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/02/11/microsoft... ⁴ — https://voat.co/v/technology/835741 |
