HP stealthily installs new spyware called HP Touchpoint Analytics Client
Found on Computer World on Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Dubbed “HP Touchpoint Analytics Service,” HP says it “harvests telemetry information that is used by HP Touchpoint’s analytical services.” Apparently, it’s HP Touchpoint Analytics Client version 4.0.2.1435.
Martin Brinkmann on ghacks has a detailed accounting of the spyware and how to remove it. He gives step-by-step instructions for disabling the HP Touchpoint Analytics Client in your Services listing, as well as deleting the HP Touchpoint Manager.
Some never learn. After all that Microsoft stirred up with their unwanted telemetry services, HP does simply the same. Maybe we really need a simple law that makes it illegal to collect data unless the user gets informed about every single detail of the collected data, and what it is used for; and of course, there has to be an opt-out option that must not be opted-in with a later update.