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[Cornelious11]

If you guys are curious you can always check what data is being sent to Microsoft through the built in Diagnostic Data Viewer

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1 hour ago, Cornelious11 said:

If you guys are curious you can always check what data is being sent to Microsoft through the built in Diagnostic Data Viewer

That's cool.

 

Looking at examples of the diagnostic data viewer, it looks like it lists containers that are collected, each of which have many fields that aren't immediately visible in the diagnostic viewer.

 

The various fields for the "Basic" setting can be viewed here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/privacy/basic-level-windows-diagnostic-events-and-fields

 

An example is that the diagnostic viewer might show that Microsoft collected "TelClientSynthetic.PrivacySettingsAfterCreatorsUpdate.PostUpgradeSettings".

 

And when looking up "TelClientSynthetic.PrivacySettingsAfterCreatorsUpdate.PostUpgradeSettings" in the data list on Microsoft's website, it is shown that "TelClientSynthetic.PrivacySettingsAfterCreatorsUpdate.PostUpgradeSettings" contains all of the following fields:

• HKLM_SensorPermissionState.SensorPermissionState The state of the Location service after the feature update has completed.
• HKLM_SensorPermissionState.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query the Location service for the device.
• HKCU_SensorPermissionState.SensorPermissionState The state of the Location service when a user signs on after a feature update has completed.
• HKCU_SensorPermissionState.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query the Location service for the current user.
• HKLM_LocationPlatform.Status The state of the location platform after the feature update has completed.
• HKLM_LocationPlatform.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query the location platform for the device.
• HKLM_LocationSyncEnabled.AcceptedPrivacyPolicy The speech recognition state for the device after the feature update has completed.
• HKLM_LocationSyncEnabled.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query the Find My Device service for the device.
• HKCU_LocationSyncEnabled.AcceptedPrivacyPolicy The speech recognition state for the current user after the feature update has completed.
• HKCU_LocationSyncEnabled.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query the Find My Device service for the current user.
• HKLM_AllowTelemetry.AllowTelemetry The state of the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry component for the device after the feature update.
• HKLM_AllowTelemetry.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry conponent for the device.
• HKLM_TIPC.Enabled The state of TIPC for the device.
• HKLM_TIPC.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query TIPC for the device.
• HKCU_TIPC.Enabled The state of TIPC for the current user.
• HKCU_TIPC.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query TIPC for the current user.
• HKLM_FlipAhead.FPEnabled Is Flip Ahead enabled for the device after the feature update has completed?
• HKLM_FlipAhead.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query Flip Ahead for the device.
• HKCU_FlipAhead.FPEnabled Is Flip Ahead enabled for the current user after the feature update has completed?
• HKCU_FlipAhead.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query Flip Ahead for the current user.
• HKLM_TailoredExperiences.TailoredExperiencesWithDiagnosticDataEnabled Is Tailored Experiences with Diagnostics Data enabled for the current user after the feature update had completed?
• HKCU_TailoredExperiences.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query Tailored Experiences with Diagnostics Data for the current user.
• HKLM_AdvertisingID.Enabled Is the adveristing ID enabled for the device?
• HKLM_AdvertisingID.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query the state of the advertising ID for the device.
• HKCU_AdvertisingID.Enabled Is the adveristing ID enabled for the current user?
• HKCU_AdvertisingID.HRESULT The error code returned when trying to query the state of the advertising ID for the user.

 

So, to really see what's being collected, a person will have to look up the the containers listed in the diagnostic viewer on Microsoft's website to see what's collected in them.

 

Oddly, I was watching a video showing the diagnostic viewer results of a person running their Windows 10 data-harvesting setting at "Full", and I searched for one of the containers in their diagnostic viewer result (TelClientSyntheticScenario) in Microsoft's PDF for the data that is collected at the "Full" setting, and also in Microsoft's webpage for the data they harvest at the "Basic" setting, but got no search results for it.

 

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6 hours ago, Cornelious11 said:

If you guys are curious you can always check what data is being sent to Microsoft through the built in Diagnostic Data Viewer

what windows version is that? and what update are you on? it is nothing like mine

[Cornelious11]

3 hours ago, asus killer said:

what windows version is that? and what update are you on? it is nothing like mine

I'm on the April 2018 update (1803), running Windows 10 Pro.

[Trik'Stari]

How is this only now becoming apparent?