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Broken Windows Theory

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by James Martin, 2015/09/14.

  1. 2015/09/14
    James Martin

    James Martin Geek Member Thread Starter

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    Microsoft’s Windows 10 is a privacy nightmare.

    Here’s how to protect yourself.
     
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    Do a Custom Install and shut everything off that has anything to do with your privacy.
     
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    These people crying wolf have (most of them) a Facebook account... ask them if they ever read what they agreed to when they signed up for that ;)
     
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    MrBill

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    I agree with you 100%. Then they air their dirty laundry right there for everybody to see. :)
     
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    James Martin

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    StartPage sent me the info I posted above, and here is some more of it relating to 10...


    Windows 10 may be "free," but that gift comes at a high price to your privacy. These are serious concerns, especially in light of Microsoft’s lengthy new privacy policy and services agreement that contain provisions like the following:

    ...We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary....


    Note that even if you take all precautions, Ars Technica’s Peter Bright reports that Windows 10 still phones home some data to Microsoft.    ​
     
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  7. 2015/09/15
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    It I wanted the world to know any on my info I would use Social media and one drive. It's no ones business but my own. I will not use cloud services the question I've be asking for a long time is Who owns the data and other information ME or the cloud service provider.
     
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    SpywareDr

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    I hid any update that has a reference to Telemetry. I can't remember were I read that is how MS is accomplishing the advertising.
     
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    SpywareDr

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    Code:
    @echo off
rem - Removes Microsoft's privacy invasive Windows updates in Windows 7 and 8.x
rem - Invoke from elevated cmd prompt or  "Run as administrator ".
rem - Last update 20150828 1042 ET
cls
echo Attempting removal of Microsoft's 14 privacy invasive Windows updates. (For Windows 7, 8 and 8.1):
echo.
echo (01) Uninstalling KB2952664 - Compatibility update for upgrading Windows 7 ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:2952664 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (02) Uninstalling KB2976978 - Compatibility update for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:2976978 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (03) Uninstalling KB2977759 - Windows 10 Diagnostics Compatibility Telemetry ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:2977759 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (04) Uninstalling KB2990214 - Enables upgrade from Windows 7 to a later version ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:2990214 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (05) Uninstalling KB3012973 - Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3012973 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (06) Uninstalling KB3021917 - Windows 7 SP1 performance improvements ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3021917 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (07) Uninstalling KB3022345 - Telemetry [Replaced by KB3068708] ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3022345 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (08) Uninstalling KB3035583 - Installs the Get Windows 10 (GWX) app ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3035583 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (09) Uninstalling KB3044374 - Nagware for get Windows 10 in Windows 8 and 8.1 ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3044374 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (10) Uninstalling KB3050265 - Update to Windwos Update Services for upgrading to Windows 10 ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3050265 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (11) Uninstalling KB3068707 - Customer experience telemetry point (W7,8,8.1) ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3068707 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (12) Uninstalling KB3068708 - Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3068708 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (13) Uninstalling KB3075249 - Adds telemetry points to consent.exe in Windows 7 and 8.1 ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3075249 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo (14) Uninstalling KB3080149 - Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry ...
start /b /wait wusa.exe /kb:3080149 /uninstall /quiet /norestart
echo.
echo Process complete.
echo.
echo Please remember to REBOOT, and then hide the Following 14 KB updates in Windows update:
echo.
echo KB2952664
echo KB2976978
echo KB2977759
echo KB2990214
echo KB3012973
echo KB3021917
echo KB3022345
echo KB3035583
echo KB3044374
echo KB3050265
echo KB3068707
echo KB3068708
echo KB3075249
echo KB3080149
echo.
echo Press any key to exit ...
pause>nul
rem - EOF
     
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  11. 2015/09/18
    James Martin

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    Quote from infoworld...


    • Step 2. See if the payload is on your PC. In either Win7 or 8.1, navigate to the C: drive (or whichever drive you use to boot Windows), look for a file called $Windows.~BT and if you find it, right-click on it and choose Properties. If the folder's only a few hundred megabytes in size, breathe a sigh of relief -- the resident alien isn't yet on your PC. But if it's around the 5GB to 6GB mark, you have almost the whole enchilada sitting there ready to upgrade your PC.


    Haven't seen any such animal yet, but I have Windows Updates set to notify only.


    EDIT: Is anyone running Windows 7 *not* being notified of important updates? Both of my 7 computers are acting this way...


     
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  12. 2015/09/19
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    $Windows~BT is not on my machine. Didn't you get the updates from 09-15-2015.
     
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    James Martin

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    Yes and no.

    The updates were there for me to download after clicking on Windows Updates, but I received *no* popup alert from the system tray. Both of my 7 machines are acting this way.

    Had it not been for Secunia, I could have gone weeks without any knowledge of impending security updates.

    Not good.
     
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    Come to think of it. My two laptops are not alerting me of updates any more but my 15 year old desktop with win 7 but is alerting me and has the same settings as the laptops. Mine are set to Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them.
     
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    Evan Omo

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    Just in case this information was overlooked, you can disable and get rid of all the Windows 10 stuff by following the instructions in this post.
     
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    Evan: I check each update before I install it. So I don't have any of those updates on any of my machines. I also searched the reg and got rid of any of the reg keys listed.
     
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    Evan Omo

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    You don't get rid of those registry keys though, you set the values to 0 or 1 depending on what value disables the Windows 10 updates from showing up in Windows Update.
     
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    I think you can get rid them if you uninstall KB3035583 first.. But they never existed on my windows 7 machine anyway. I never downloaded nor installed any updates I felt were related to win10 but not before researching whether or not they were even remotely related to win 10. When I searched the registry there was one registry key with a reference to Gwx and I deleted it, but that was on my 8.1 pro HDD. I forget the registry navigation path. I have it written down somewhere but I can't remember where I put it. There is also a folder on 8.1 pro C:\Windows\System32\GWX\GWX.exe got rid of that and in the Task Manager there is was an entry gwxconfigmanager.exe got rid of that.
     
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