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Microsoft Edge Gets Adblock Plus but Windows 10 telemetry still runs rampant


As I continue to dig further into preview builds of Windows 10, ahead of the Summer Anniversary Update, there’s a lot to like from this stable and sensible operating system. Indeed, the integrated “Edge” browser has received plugin support and most notable extension is Adblock Plus. Yet the bandwidth savings and privacy ABD offers is somewhat incongruous to Microsoft’s native and ever-present telemetry. It looks like WiFi Sense is done. But, upon first boot of the latest Insider Build, messaging (skypehost.exe), calendar (hxcalendarappimm.exe), and cloud storage (onedrive.exe) apps all reached out to Microsoft without having been summoned, by me, the operator.

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Dave Zatz