![]() ![]() Good old helpful Microsoft!īut if you don’t need Microsoft’s help (and Android probably does it better in the above case) you can ‘privatise’ Windows 10. For example, Windows 10 (Cortana) can remind you to set off to the airport (Calendar/Mail) 30 minutes earlier due to traffic (Maps/Location/Internet – Traffic news). Microsoft says the company uses most data to display personalised information to make your computer life easier. Advertisers throw rivers of gold at Microsoft (et al.) to send highly targeted advertisements to users. While I somewhat trust Microsoft to do no evil (Sorry, that is Google’s old mantra), I know that that data is collected under EULA (end user licence agreements) that few ever read. In its default mode Microsoft Windows 10 and its core apps collect personal data. Is not enough – the rest of this article relates to Windows 10. I use both Windows and Android devices and laboriously shutĭown all app permissions and lock the operating systems down very tightly. It took a damned long time to change all my passwords and clear history to feel safe again. If your System Restore is disabled, we got it covered here.įinally, once you turn on/off those settings, don’t forget to restart the device to apply the change and you’re done.To recap a lot of my personal data was stolen from the Starwood breach and hackers were able to get into my disused web-mail and other accounts. This is a very good reminder that can save you later if things go wrong, especially since some of those settings have to edit the system Registry. When something is turned on in this program, it’ll ask to create a system restore point. To do this, click the “Actions” button on the top left corner then you’ll see selections to turn on the settings according to their recommendation level. The other big feature of this program is that it can turn on all of those settings just by one click. It describes the setting’s recommendation level too. If you’re not sure what a setting will do, you can simply click on its and read the description. Red: these are not recommended settings.Yellow: the yellow triangle icon means the setting is recommended but it may cause problems with your apps or system.Green: settings with a green check mark are recommended ones that definitely will reduce the risk to your privacy once turned on.So there’re three levels of recommendation in the program. Those toggles range from very basic things like disable location service to things that can only be configured via the Registry. When you switch them to green, it means the privacy is protected. The red toggles are those set as default by Windows. ![]() They’re settings that can be turned on to protect your privacy in Windows 10. When you run this program, you’ll see lots of toggles in its window. ![]() exe file.ĭOWNLOAD O&O ShutUp10 How to use O&O ShutUp10 ![]() Everything you need to do is download it from the link below then run the. O&O ShutUp10 is a traditional desktop program that also is portable. Today we’ll introduce you a program called “O&O ShutUp10” that can quickly turn off all settings that might violate your privacy. In a previous post, we showed you how to protect your privacy in Windows 10 by manually disabling many settings. It can make your life somehow easier but the price is your privacy. It’s easy to understand this behaviour because Windows 10 is designed to be highly customized for each user. Privacy is a big issue in Windows 10 since many users have complained on the way the OS collects user data by default. ![]()
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