Stop Microsoft Windows Spying in 1 Minute

Stop Microsoft Windows Spying in 1 Minute
Today we take a look at how to can disable Windows 11 telemetry without tools and without scripts.
Download the Microsoft servers to be blocked below.

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#windows11 #windows10 #techtips #windows

[rager]

You don't have to delete the line, just put a "#" at the start of the line to comment it out. This is handy for testing or temporarily enabling access to that site. When done, remove the "#".

[donaldlemoine]

I was never much on linux. Dabbling with it from time to time. Now, I am learning as much as I can so I can confidently switch away from windows and not have to worry about being spied on. One day at a time. So thank you Britec for all your hard work.

[dingokidneys]

I prefer to use Pi Hole which covers my whole network from one centrally administered location. Once set up, you have a nice web interface to monitor and manage it.

[CM_Burns]

Windows Defender identified the new host file as a medium threat 🤣🤣

[SuperLittleTyke]

This is one of the most useful videos you have produced recently. I was going to ask whether this applied to windows 10 as well as 11, but this was answered towards the end of the video. I had no idea just how intrusive Microsoft is until now.

[TheGalaxyCrab]

Hey, Brian! Great video! Thank you for this! :)

[neonblowfish]

this is literally a decades old solution. I'm really surprised MS hasn't dump the hosts file by now.

[motoryzen]

Look britech in any other PC tech involving youtuber, I respect what you try to do and this includes Chris Titus Tech also, but in the end there's no way you can stop Microsoft from disrespecting your Fourth Amendment rights including privacy if you boot any computer into windows and it is connected online the internet for any reasonable amount of time even if it's one day a year let alone every day


You can do all the registry edits you want you can throw all the third-party software tools you want at it but in the end and inevitable Windows update will undo any good you do at some point in time be it next week or next month or even later that year. Why? That is simple. It is because no one but Microsoft operating system software development employees has access to editing the windows core AKA kernel in which where the Windows update and Telemetry engines live

There's only one guaranteed way that I can think of offhand to stop Microsoft from spying on you and that involves a two-part deal. One don't use any of their software. Two switch to Linux. Facts don't care about anyone's feelings on this

[US_Joe]

Great stuff mate - I learned something new. Thank you 👍👍👍👍👍

[CesareVesdani]

Can CoPilot and AI be uninstalled from Windows 11 completely?

[ComeonmenIDT]

how does it influence the Windows Updates ?

[BrokenKanuck]

Strongly recommend Pi-hole, and a separate DNS provider with built in blocking.

[workhard]

Some adresses are hardcoded and skip hosts so it's waste of time. Better make a video about simplewall which is able to block windows components to access internet

[junker]

I won't trust MS to ship a TCP/IP stack that honors even the MS equivalent of /etc/hosts anymore. (They took BSD's TCP/IP stack and ported to Windows in the WFW days; this is why they have a "hosts" file to begin with)

Since it's in "as good as it gets" territory, I make sure all my internal hosts use the DNS I hand out to them (enforced by firewall rules at the border), and my DNS goes through NextDNS, which has its own block list. Doesn't catch very much of the telemetry by default, alas, but it works well enough. I really need to weigh the benefits and the costs of using my time to play a cat-and-mouse game, which is unfortunate.

[calikokat]

tahk you for your videos...they are informative...well edited, concise and I have learned alot from them...

[rogerbowen]

Cheers Brian! Another top video! Cutting through the snake oil and flim-flam and giving us what we really need. Thanks again!

[ampeg]

But sometimes those domains will simply bypass the host file. It is better to block this via 3rd party Firewall or on a hardware level(rutar, or your own DNS).

[JimJimmington-ei]

Britec09: "Stop Microsoft Windows Spying in 1 Minute!"
Video: "Hello, I'm almost 9 minutes long.😁"

[themzmodelexperience]

@Britec is this extra step still necessary to prevent Microsoft from collecting your data even if you did not check those check box when initially setting up Windows?

[qt]

a day before this was posted and everybody BSOD'ed hahaha. this is a nice concise tutorial. thanks mate.