Registry Key for Activity related to Motion.

Hello @Brink ,

I am tightening up my OS and came across a REG entry that I can NOT seem to track down ANY information on . . .

Code:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\activity

Apparently it relates to Motion.

Code:

Motion:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\activity

Enable:
Name: Value
Type: REG_SZ
Data: Allow

Disable:
Name: Value
Type: REG_SZ
Data: Deny

Anyway, I went ahead and created a REG file for it . . .

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\activity]
"Value"="Allow"

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\activity]
"Value"="Deny"

There are also these two as well within the SAME directory . . .

Code:

gazeinput
sensors.custom

Have you got ANY ideas please?

Hello Paul,

Interesting. I would assume it's one of the privacy settings, but I haven't seen anything for "activity" either.

das10 said:

I don't know how it would be applied to say a desktop PC (there is no such setting in Settings/Privacy), but have a look here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...c-eb76fda3e393

"Windows 10 motion activity detection can help you keep track of your fitness goals. To do this, Windows and third-party apps and services have to know your device motion data to provide you with health or fitness data, like how many steps you’ve taken or how long you were active. "

Interesting. Thanks very much for that info @das10, it is appreciated.

Listed here as a 'privacy' setting
Registry Keys for Windows 10 Application Privacy Settings - Jose Espitia

That set of keys - but 'activity' is not listed here:
Windows10_defaults/AdditionalSettings.cmd at master . Carm01/Windows10_defaults . GitHub

This is the only 'activity' policy- whether it's related to that key you could determine by experiment:

Thanks for that info dalchina, I will have a look at that shortly.
I am in the process of investigating the three items in my initial post and I will report back.

Hello @Brink,

I have spent a while investigation the three REG items in my first post, and here are my findings.

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Activity [ Motion ]:

Thanks to @das10 . . .

das10 said:

I don't know how it would be applied to say a desktop PC (there is no such setting in Settings/Privacy), but have a look here:

> Windows 10 motion Data and Privacy

"Windows 10 motion activity detection can help you keep track of your fitness goals. To do this, Windows and third-party apps and services have to know your device motion data to provide you with health or fitness data, like how many steps you’ve taken or how long you were active. "

REG files to Deny and Allow . . .

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Deny App Access to Device Motion Data [ activity ]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\activity]
"Value"="Deny"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\activity]
"Value"="Deny"

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Allow App Access to Device Motion Data [ activity ]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\activity]
"Value"="Allow"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\activity]
"Value"="Allow"

---

gazeinput: > Get started with eye control in Windows 10

REG files to Deny and Allow . . .

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Deny App Access to Gaze Input Data [ Eye Tracking Device ]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\gazeInput]
"Value"="Deny"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\gazeInput]
"Value"="Deny"

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Allow App Access to Gaze Input Data [ Eye Tracking Device ]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\gazeInput]
"Value"="Allow"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\gazeInput]
"Value"="Allow"

---

sensors.custom:

This appears to be to do with Tablet Location Services and Sensors.

I looked in the two REG keys . . .

Code:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LocationAndSensors
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LocationAndSensors

. . . on my system and they do NOT exist.

Here is the Group Policy Administrative Templates . . .

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Location and Sensors . . .



User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Location and Sensors . . .



. . . which is odd because it shows as Allow in the Registry Editor for HKCU and HKLM . . .





REG files to Deny and Allow . . .

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Deny App Access to Tablet Location Services and Sensors [ sensors.custom ]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\sensors.custom]
"Value"="Deny"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\sensors.custom]
"Value"="Deny"

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Title     : Allow App Access to Tablet Location Services and Sensors [ sensors.custom ]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\sensors.custom]
"Value"="Allow"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\sensors.custom]
"Value"="Allow"

I hope this helps.

Hi, I thought I'd posted this but it seems to have disappeared. Just a bit more:
Disable App Access to Device Motion Data – Windows Tweaks

dalchina said:

Hi, I thought I'd posted this but it seems to have disappeared. Just a bit more:
Disable App Access to Device Motion Data – Windows Tweaks

What a great site, thanks.

UPDATE:

I ran the Deny App Access to Device Motion Data REG File I posted above.

While I was using Google Chrome, I noticed an Extra Entry on one of the sites I visited [ cnet.com ] . . .



Now, this does NOT appear on ALL sites visited.

This is what I get when I click it . . .



I just thought that I would share one of the impacts of running the above REG File. It appears to give Extra Security to websites in some way, probably to do with the content within the webpage!