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b_b  ·  3390 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Traffic Analysis of Windows 10

I won't click the original source link, but according to the top commenter it's rife with pro-Russian propaganda. That would explain the "they're trying to make everyone voice recognizable even from a payphone tap" BS.





rrrrr  ·  3390 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The only thing that will settle it is an in-depth traffic analysis from someone trusted and neutral.

mknod  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The only thing that will settle it is an in-depth traffic analysis from someone trusted and neutral.
    The only thing that will settle it is an in-depth traffic analysis from someone trusted and neutral.

I mean how in depth? Install wireshark and see what exists? Don't trust that? Install a router, route traffic through there and examine it exiting the router.

I don't trust microsoft, but I don't trust blog articles either. I've been planning to see what cortana is doing anyway so maybe this will spur me.

rrrrr  ·  3389 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, it'd be nice to see a traffic analysis done from the router, over a period of time, from someone who knows more about analyzing network traffic than I do.

If Windows is capturing and dumping all your keystrokes, for example, there ought to be ways of testing for that - e.g. compare network traffic when you're doing nothing to the traffic when you type a lot into programs that should not use the network (e.g. a text editor). The traffic will probably be encrypted but you might be able to get an idea from the volume. (Do this with "get to know me" turned off.)