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I solve it. Here's my setup: - don't use online account, but offline (local) one - use WPD to uncheck absolutely everything related to windows telemetry / sen
by unnouinceput 6y ago
I solve it. Here's my setup:
- don't use online account, but offline (local) one
- use WPD to uncheck absolutely everything related to windows telemetry / sending info. I keep only updates and those set to manual.
- and can't stress this enough - get a PiHole, either on RPi or re-purpose a crappy old laptop. This one is also good for your smartcrap you usually get to your spouse/kids
- eyeball 6y agoWPD?
- eigen 6y agoprobably Windows Privacy Dashboard. https://wpd.app/ https://wpd.app/
- unnouinceput 6y agoYup, that one. Thought is well known by now. 1st tool to download after a fresh install, even before I download Total Commander.
- eyeball 6y agoHow do you know it's safe? I cringe at giving admin rights to a .exe downloaded from the net.
- unnouinceput 6y agoTime. Since was released none report it as "bad". I'm using it for over an year now and I found out about it here on HN.
- aronpye 6y agoYou don't / can't know it's safe. It's not open source, and it has no good reason not to be open source.
- rfoo 6y agoAnd the "Created and mainteined by" links to maintainers' Steam profile... I'm sorry and I'm sure this is my biased view but gamers usually make very questionable choice on security stuff even they have 0 malicious intent.
- alyandon 6y agoIn addition to that all that, I once caught Windows Defender submitting places.sqlite out of my Firefox profile directory so I'd recommend you turn off "automatic sample submission" in Windows Defender if WPD doesn't already do that.
- unnouinceput 6y agoIt does.
- executesorder66 6y agoThe fact that you have to do any of that in the first place, is reason enough to not use windows at all.
- HeadsUpHigh 6y agoNot sure why you are downvoted. Having to use a linux computer on top of your windows computer to make it useable is completely unacceptable.