> There a number of guides about what to turn off to protect privacy and enhance security. Most of those guides degrade security, not enhance it. Some gems I'

> There a number of guides about what to turn off to protect privacy and enhance security. Most of those guides degrade security, not enhance it. Some gems I've read[0][1]: Disable Smartscreen, Disable Windows Defender, Disable or Delay Windows Update, Block Time Synchronisation in the Hosts file, Disable Biometric login, Disable driver updates, Disable Secure Boot/TPM Chip, and Disable UAC. This is the Dunning–Kruger effect[2] all over. Most people who "know better" would never write such a guide; or the guide would just tell you to flip a half dozen switches in the official Settings -> Privacy UI and Cortana -> Settings UI, rather than disabling key security features. But longer more detailed looking guides are generally more popular in spite of being completely wrong/bad practice. [0] http://www.pcworld.com/article/2971725/windows/how-to-reclaim-your-privacy-in-windows-10-piece-by-piece.html?page=2 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2971725/windows/how-to-reclai... [1] http://bgr.com/2015/08/05/window-10-privacy-settings-how-to-stop-spying/ http://bgr.com/2015/08/05/window-10-privacy-settings-how-to-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect