Microsoft opens up on Windows telemetry

jmke · 10th April 2017, 15:20

But it's publishing the full set of data points that the Basic setting can collect that's the biggest change. Making this available should go some way towards alleviating fears about how invasive the OS is. There isn't a full list of Full telemetry mode data, however; while the company is offering documentation of the kinds of data it can collect, it isn't doing so in the same exhaustive way as it is for the Basic setting. The company is also not offering documentation for older Windows 10 versions nor for the data collection in Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

https://arstechnica.com/information-...a-it-collects/

jmke · 11th April 2017, 13:22

from Slashdot.org

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Okay, let's have a quick look at some interesting items from the list:

- userId The userID as known by the application.
This is what you type when Windows asks "what is your name?" during account creation, so it's quite likely to be the user's real name.

- did XBOX device ID
- xid A list of base10-encoded XBOX User IDs.

- localId Represents a locally defined unique ID for the device

- friendlyName Represents the name of the file requesting elevation from low IL.
- cmdLine Represents the full command line arguments being used to elevate.
Don't enter passwords on the command line!

- PCFP An ID for the system that is calculated by hashing hardware identifiers.

- BiosDate The release date of the BIOS in UTC format.
- BiosName The name field from Win32_BIOS.
- Manufacturer The manufacturer field from Win32_ComputerSystem.
- Model The model field from Win32_ComputerSystem.

The list is very long, I'm about 1/3rd the way in...

full list https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/...nts-and-fields

10th April 2017, 15:20	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Microsoft opens up on Windows telemetry But it's publishing the full set of data points that the Basic setting can collect that's the biggest change. Making this available should go some way towards alleviating fears about how invasive the OS is. There isn't a full list of Full telemetry mode data, however; while the company is offering documentation of the kinds of data it can collect, it isn't doing so in the same exhaustive way as it is for the Basic setting. The company is also not offering documentation for older Windows 10 versions nor for the data collection in Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. https://arstechnica.com/information-...a-it-collects/ __________________

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