Privacy Implications of Windows 10 Telemetry: Summary: Top AS Numbers for Windows 10 Telemetry

These AS numbers names were collected from 346 days of continuous recording of Windows 10 telemetry traffic. Virtual machine and traffic recording software was configured as explained here. Raw traffic dumps were processed as explained here.

First list of AS numbers has 38 entries, sorted in descending order by total outgoing traffic transmitted by Windows 10. Second list of AS numbers has 54 entries, sorted in descending order by total incoming traffic received by Windows 10. We did not include autonomous systems which had less than 128 Kb of transmitted/received data. Windows 10 had default settings and had no any third party software installed.

Outgoing Windows 10 traffic (breakdown by AS)

Number of bytes   AS Number
2,262,395,574AS8075
510,651,915AS20940
442,009,608AS8068
155,343,693AS29990
140,783,568AS16625
110,246,261AS3356
79,388,801AS35297
28,791,644AS15133
23,428,535AS1299
21,281,019AS6453
17,912,537AS54113
17,868,545AS7922
17,272,393AS33438
15,295,689AS50952
14,618,923AS21343
8,812,318AS24940
8,390,501AS35994
7,355,213AS19905
6,905,417AS15169
3,591,039AS22822
2,323,352AS13249
2,152,821AS5713
1,398,148AS3320
1,299,209AS16509
1,197,338AS54104
921,149AS1668
655,154AS198097
545,977AS13335
527,347AS8070
523,110AS32934
513,197AS11172
484,527AS42910
472,088AS47441
352,336AS56464
264,581AS15224
242,094AS36351
236,145AS14618
204,512AS44788

 

Incoming Windows 10 traffic (breakdown by AS)

Number of bytes   AS Number
17,349,724,492AS8068
12,879,649,485AS20940
4,126,384,740AS8075
3,606,725,593AS3356
2,482,047,760AS35297
1,071,251,663AS16625
1,039,393,739AS6453
656,791,255AS15133
596,751,215AS33438
469,360,413AS50952
403,339,579AS21343
322,176,581AS1299
218,593,264AS19905
214,382,086AS24940
208,804,917AS7922
109,447,640AS35994
102,176,404AS22822
92,107,976AS13249
91,743,968AS29990
30,142,401AS54104
27,952,333AS15169
26,247,335AS54113
17,139,605AS3320
15,390,507AS8070
10,905,858AS47441
10,203,344AS5713
5,085,418AS32934
4,971,690AS11172
4,821,545AS16509
2,686,811AS13335
2,586,137AS42910
1,324,222AS1668
805,437AS54994
762,119AS8359
704,253AS198097
700,167AS15224
553,774AS3257
526,260AS14061
440,814AS29798
421,396AS36351
403,219AS44788
395,473AS1273
378,415AS30081
343,044AS56464
321,984AS26496
284,014AS4436
265,662AS16657
233,738AS5511
215,063AS54888
204,800AS14618
191,356AS2635
182,493AS36089
145,816AS62713
136,180AS56396