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Using Wireshark to check what a freshly-installed copy of Windows 11 was doing on a brand-new laptop, what they saw was eye-opening to say the least: just after the first boot, Windows 11 was quick to try and reach third-party servers with absolutely no prior user permission or intervention.

Many of the Windows 11 initial DNS queries where designed to provide "telemetry" data to market research companies, advertising providers and even geolocation-related domains like geo-prod-do with no permission or web browsing activity needed. The latest and greatest in the Windows line of operating systems is seemingly designed to "spy" on anyone and everything from the get-go.

Furthermore, every Windows 11 computer has a hidden SuperAdmin account in its roots that gives Microsoft full access to your machine. This SuperAdmin account cannot be disabled and has more rights than the user itself.

Enable or Disable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 11.

https://appuals.com/enable-built-in-administrator-account-windows-11/

STAY ON WINDOWS 10! Using Wireshark to check what a freshly-installed copy of Windows 11 was doing on a brand-new laptop, what they saw was eye-opening to say the least: just after the first boot, Windows 11 was quick to try and reach third-party servers with absolutely no prior user permission or intervention. Many of the Windows 11 initial DNS queries where designed to provide "telemetry" data to market research companies, advertising providers and even geolocation-related domains like geo-prod-do with no permission or web browsing activity needed. The latest and greatest in the Windows line of operating systems is seemingly designed to "spy" on anyone and everything from the get-go. Furthermore, every Windows 11 computer has a hidden SuperAdmin account in its roots that gives Microsoft full access to your machine. This SuperAdmin account cannot be disabled and has more rights than the user itself. **Enable or Disable the Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 11.** https://appuals.com/enable-built-in-administrator-account-windows-11/

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[–] • 0 pt (edited )

Use this to turn off all the bullshit that win 10 and 11 try to connect to: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

I've been using that for a long time. You don't install it either. You just run the program and decide what you want to turn off, then just save the 'profile settings' for next time, just in case windows decides to update itself and undo what was turned off.

[–] • 3 pts

That blocks a small subset of windows telemetry. It does not block third party telemetry. That app is not protecting you from anything. Also that software "O&O" phones home as well.

"If it's free and it's not open source they are selling your data."

Heres a couple small lists of windows telemetry links if you are curious. And these are just Win10 lists. I'm sure with 11 there will be new entries or lists.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/spy.txt

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RPiList/specials/master/Blocklisten/Win10Telemetry

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

Sheeeiiit. Thought it was good enough. Thanks for the list. Now I gotta do some github scraping to find some other user-created solutions. Found a few so far.

Found this one... sounds interesting: https://github.com/simeononsecurity/Windows-Optimize-Harden-Debloat