Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Automatic Spying Worse - Update

When Windows 10 was released, many people were up in arms over the operating system’s ability to constantly track how users were interacting with it and would send that information back to Microsoft.

With the first major update for Windows 10 that came out earlier this month, Microsoft has seemingly removed Diagnostics Tracking Service, also known as DiagTrack, which was responsible for the tracking. But it turns out the company has just renamed the service.  more

Those who don’t want Windows 10 to constantly send their data back to Microsoft, fear not. There’s a way to disable the service. Forbes has released instructions on how to do so:

1. Hold down the Windows key and tap the R key
2. In the box that opens type ‘services.msc’ and press the Enter key
3. In the ‘Services (Local)’ section locate ‘Connected User Experiences and Telemetry’ and double-click it
4. In the ‘Service status’ section click ‘Stop’
5. Under the ‘Startup type’ drop down menu select ‘Disabled’ and then confirm this and close the window by clicking ‘OK’