Is Microsoft Spying on You? | Leaving Telemetry on or off

In this video, I am going over the question everyone is asking... Is Microsoft Spying on You? Also, I will be showing whether you should Disable Telemetry or Leave it on. What Telemetry Captures -Browsing history -Device Connectivity and Configuration; settings and peripheral data -Inking Typing and Speech Utterance; keyboard and microphone captures -Product and Service Performance; reliability data and file queries -Product and Service Usage; uptime, apps used, OS info -Software Setup and Inventory; installs and updates for applications Disable Telemetry Pros -Your keystrokes, browser history, device information isn't sitting in a repository at Microsoft -Avoiding possible security issues that can arise from Microsoft hosting this information (Government Agencies, Hackers, etc.) Disable Telemetry Cons -Blocking Windows Updates -Hosts file blocks can mess with Skype Messages -Windows Store Issues -Issues with integrated tools like Defender / OneDrive -Can cause issues with future feature updates **Using Minimal "Basic" Option because of the Cons above is recommended Disabling Instructions O&O Shutup 10 Disable Windows 7 Telemetry https://gist.github.com/xvitaly/eafa7... Sources: https://www.neweggbusiness.com/smartb... https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows... https://www.easeus.com/partition-mana... https://www.howtogeek.com/273311/the-... https://www.howtogeek.com/273513/why-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microso... . ►► Digital Downloads ➜ https://www.cttstore.com ►► Patreon ➜   / christitustech   ►► Twitch ➜   / christitustech   ►► Website and Guides ➜ https://christitus.com