{"id":2764,"date":"2017-12-01T11:07:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2017-12-01T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:07:07","slug":"hp-silently-installs-telemetry-bloatware-on-your-pc-heres-how-to-remove-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2764","title":{"rendered":"HP Silently Installs Telemetry Bloatware On Your PC\u2014Here’s How to Remove It"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDo you own a Hewlett-Packard (HP) Windows PC or laptop?<\/p>\n

Multiple HP customers from around the world are reporting that HP has started deploying a “spyware” onto their laptops\u2014without informing them or asking their permission.<\/p>\n

The application being branded as spyware is actually a Windows Telemetry service deployed by HP, called “HP Touchpoint Analytics Client,” which was first identified on November 15.<\/p>\n

According to reports on several online forums, the telemetry software\u2014which the HP customers said they never opted to have installed and had no idea was continually running in the background\u2014was pushed out in a recent update.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Do you own a Hewlett-Packard (HP) Windows PC or laptop? Multiple HP customers from around the world are reporting that HP has started deploying a “spyware” onto their laptops\u2014without informing them or asking their permission. The application being branded as spyware is actually a Windows Telemetry service deployed by HP,…<\/p>\n

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