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Win10 a spyware and trojan horse?

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IEC said:
They backported some of the telemetry functionality as Win7 and 8.1 recommended updates:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/list-of-windows-7-telemetry-updates-to-avoid.379151/

I've since uninstalled/hidden and changed my Windows Update setting to ask to download only important (read: security) updates.
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Doing this seems pretty pointless if you can just tell Windows 7 and 8 to simply not collect the data in the first place.

Do these updates change eligibility for disabling telemetry?
 
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