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Windows CoPilot

Anti-Beacon treats this as telemetry because Copilot is a cloud AI experience that processes user prompts and related context. Microsoft says Copilot uses “prompts and related information” to provide and improve Copilot services, and that conversation data is used to monitor performance, troubleshoot, prevent abuse, provide, and improve Copilot (Microsoft Privacy Statement). Microsoft also documents a Windows policy for turning off Copilot; when enabled, “users won’t be able to use Copilot” (Microsoft Learn: WindowsAI Policy CSP).

Anti-Beacon turns off Windows Copilot to prevent the Windows shell from offering this cloud AI assistant and sending prompts or related interaction data through it.

Microsoft Clipboard History

This detection was added in Anti-Beacon 6.7. Anti-Beacon treats this as telemetry-relevant because clipboard history stores copied user content as an operating-system feature. Microsoft documents the Windows policy as controlling... continue reading

Microsoft Handwriting Error Reports

This detection was added in Anti-Beacon 6.7. Anti-Beacon treats this as telemetry because handwriting error reporting can submit corrected handwriting information through Windows Error Reporting. Microsoft documents the relevant policy... continue reading

Microsoft Software Inventory and Usage Framework (SIUF)

This detection was added in Anti-Beacon 6.7. Anti-Beacon treats this as telemetry-related because SIUF is tied to Windows feedback prompts and feedback submission can include diagnostics. Microsoft says that when... continue reading

Microsoft Online Speech Recognition

This detection was added in Anti-Beacon 6.7. Anti-Beacon treats this as telemetry because the setting controls cloud-backed speech and input personalization. Microsoft says that turning on Online Speech Recognition lets... continue reading

Windows Bing Search

If you search from your start menu, this blocks the search using the Bing search engine.