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This month’s Win7 and 8.1 “security only” patches install and activate telemetry systems

Posted on September 12, 2019 at 10:31 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

Back in July, we discovered that the Win7 security-only patch was installing and activating telemetry (read: snooping) subsystems.

The August security-only patches didn’t include telemetry, and many of us breathed a sigh of relief.

Now it looks like the September security-only patches have telemetry once again — and not just for Win7.

Details in Computerworld Woody on Windows.

Windows News KB 4516033, KB 4516064, snooping, telemetry, Win7, Win8.1

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