CCTV camerasThere’s been a lot of talk about the data sent by a Windows 10 machine back to Microsoft. Some researchers have even found evidence of data being sent even when all available privacy settings are enabled. There is an emerging market for tools that will nobble Windows 10’s data collection, but who knows whether they work, or even if they’re malicious. Thankfully there is another way: if you run a local resolver, you can configure it such that DNS queries for domains linked to telemetry will always fail. Here’s how it’s done.