Fix Windows 10 privacy

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Watcher
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Fix Windows 10 privacy

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https://fix10.isleaked.com/ has a good guide on the settings and locations that are available to protect your privacy.
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Microsoft introduced a lot of new great features in Windows 10 such as Cortana. However, most of them are breaking your privacy. For example if you're using the default settings, each time you start typing in search box in taskbar (to open an application or search for a file on your computer), your local search terms and location are sent to Microsoft, some of which advertise to you.

Windows have to protect user privacy by default. Since it doesn't, you can follow these steps to disable the parts of Windows which are invasive to your privacy.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/03 ... _defaults/ refers to this subject and the guide above.
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Re: Fix Windows 10 privacy

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O&O ShutUp10 is a new utility made by O&O Software GmbH ( The makers of O&O Defrag & O&O DiskImage ) have released a utility that makes it very simple to adjust the privacy settings in Windows 10.

You can fine more information about O&O ShutUp10 from these locations:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Syst ... Up10.shtml

http://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
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Spybot has come up with a way to disable telemetry. https://www.safer-networking.org/2015/s ... ction-tool
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Re: Fix Windows 10 privacy

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The privacy of Windows 10 you are discussing is looking great to see. But sometimes whenever I am doing this technique then the iTunes automatically get uninstalled. Then I need to go thorugh https://itunessupport.org/blog/why-cant-install-itunes-on-windows-10/ for the solution of this iTunes, Then I will go with the privacy setting and reset all the privacy as before it's there. So it's not properly working.
Illegal Services
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Hi, you can use my application and go forward to 'Illegal Services > Portable Apps > Windows Privacy/Telemetry' to see the best Windows Privacy applications tools :P

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DanielleFredericksn
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Re: Fix Windows 10 privacy

Post by DanielleFredericksn »

What Windows 10 Privacy Settings should I turn off?
melissa23
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Re: Fix Windows 10 privacy

Post by melissa23 »

You can change the general privacy settings from the start menu-
Settings > Privacy > General.
Turn off the first option.
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