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I Turned ON All Ubuntu Telemetry.

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I  did something today that will make certain corners of the internet audibly gasp. I didn’t disable telemetry. I didn’t firewall it. I didn’t put on a tinfoil hat and boot into a Faraday cage. No. I installed every Ubuntu data-donation tool and opted in manually like a lunatic with intent. Yes. Telemetry. On. All of it. Step 1: Installing the “evil” telemetry tool First, I installed Ubuntu’s main data-donation package: sudo apt update sudo apt install ubuntu-report Then I looked at the data it collects: ubuntu-report And what did I see? CPU model GPU model RAM size Screen resolution Oh no. My computer… exists . Step 2: Opting in aggressively Not satisfied with a passive existence, I explicitly told Ubuntu: ubuntu-report -f send yes That’s right. Not “ask me later” . Not “maybe” . YES. SEND IT. Somewhere, a Canonical server blinked awake like: “Another one has chosen… participation.” Step 3: Package usage stats (aka “He installed VLC”) Next up:...
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Upgrade to latest W10M build 1709

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Note: don't use registry providers for this interop tools version just use 'This device' 

Make the edits

Go to Registry Browser 

HKLM\SYSTEM\Platform\DeviceTargetingInfo

PhoneModelName: Lumia 950 XL

PhoneHardwareVariant: RM-1085

PhoneManufacturingModelName: RM-1085_15217

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