A long time ago, we had mentioned that all Windows 10 users are insiders, i.e. testing for Microsoft on their personal computer, regardless of whether it is a computer work.
The services τηλεμετρίας στα Windοws 10 είναι εδώ και καιρό ένα πολύ αμφιλεγόμενο theme, as many accuse Microsoft of spying on its users as it collects too much information from devices running that operating system.
Microsoft, on the other hand, says it has improved telemetry in Windows 10. But the data collection process still worries some, who continue to push the company for less monitoring.
Recently, the Bayerischen Landesamts für Datenschutzaufsicht, a German data protection agency in the country, found that disabling telemetry completely in Windows 10 is something that can be done from 1909, but only in Enterprise and Education versions of the operating system.
Laboratory tests conducted by the German service found that all telemetry services could be blocked, blocking Windows 10 from communicating with Microsoft to send information.
The analysis, which is available in German here (PDF), explains that disabling all telemetry services in Windows 10 Pro is not possible (Windows 10 Home and Pro have two different levels of telemetry Basic and Full, but it is not possible to disable them entirely).
What do the above mean?
Microsoft cares about businesses and generally everyone who pays for Windows 10 licenses (Enterprise and Education).
The Home and Pro versions that started and continue to be distributed for free to all those who had legal licenses for an older operating system of the company (Windows 7, 8) were unfortunately unlucky.
One has to try Microsoft software before making it available to its serious customers.
The unlucky ones are all those who bought one license of Windows 10 Home or Pro from the company, as well as being among the lucky ones to receive pre-release updates for Enterprise and Education editions.
