Disable Wifi-Sense
Last Updated: 2024-08-07
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Description
Wifi Sense is a spying service that phones home all nearby scanned wifi networks and your current geo location.
Preview Code
{
"Content": "Disable Wifi-Sense",
"Description": "Wifi Sense is a spying service that phones home all nearby scanned wifi networks and your current geo location.",
"category": "Essential Tweaks",
"panel": "1",
"Order": "a005_",
"registry": [
{
"Path": "HKLM:\\Software\\Microsoft\\PolicyManager\\default\\WiFi\\AllowWiFiHotSpotReporting",
"Name": "Value",
"Type": "DWord",
"Value": "0",
"OriginalValue": "1"
},
{
"Path": "HKLM:\\Software\\Microsoft\\PolicyManager\\default\\WiFi\\AllowAutoConnectToWiFiSenseHotspots",
"Name": "Value",
"Type": "DWord",
"Value": "0",
"OriginalValue": "1"
}
],
"link": "https://christitustech.github.io/Winutil/dev/tweaks/Essential-Tweaks/Wifi"
}Registry Changes
Applications and System Components store and retrieve configuration data to modify windows settings, so we can use the registry to change many settings in one place.
You can find information about the registry on Wikipedia and Microsoft’s Website.
Registry Key: Value
Type: DWord
Original Value: 1
New Value: 0
Registry Key: Value
Type: DWord
Original Value: 1
New Value: 0