Is oo shutup10 safe11/9/2023 But still, this privacy setting should not be turned on by default. That’s completely insane, right? I assume this happens only if you are using Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer. It tracks your app usage including the websites you are browsing on the internet. Here, under the “Diagnostics and Feedback” tab, disable all the toggles.Īctivity History is another important privacy setting that you should completely turn off. You can also do so, just search for “privacy” in the search bar and open the first result. For me, this is off-putting so I always disable these kinds of background telemetry services. However, Microsoft also uses these data to serve you tailored ads and product recommendations. It helps Microsoft to patch the OS and bring a better Windows experience to the user. Windows 10 has something called diagnostic telemetry which aims to track your usage, background services, unexpected crashes, and common errors. Nevertheless, here we will learn how to, at least, access the basic privacy settings and turn them off so that no unfunny business happens in the background. However, those privacy settings are stuffed under various pages and few are kept away from users’ reach. May your bits be stable and your interfaces be fast.You can improve your privacy on Windows 10 natively and Microsoft does provide a lot of controls over your user data. To those who like Windows 10, that's fine. Not being disagreeable, just having dialog. Those are the main things I can think of for now. * Finally, I hate the rent software forever model that everyone is going to. It shows only TOTAL CPU usage and the app takes up 20% more screen real estate. As far as I can tell, I cannot do that in Windows 10. As an example, I like to park the task manager in the corner of the screen to monitor memory and the usage of EACH processor core. * Apps that have less function and take more screen space. It takes up way too much vertical real estate on the laptop screen. * Not specific to Windows 10, but I've never liked "the ribbon" in office. NO I don't want my window to maximize if I move it to the top of the screen. * "Fixing things I didn't ask to be fixed." I've had to deal with some of this on Windows 7. NO I don't want my task bar disappearing. NO I don't want my system tray icons disappearing. NO I don't want my title bar disappearing. NO I don't want my scroll bars disappearing. I've had to deal with some of this on Windows 7. * The "hiding things on the screen" philosophy. That's why you have to click a dozen times to get info that should be one or two clicks, even if you can get it at all. * The "you're too dumb to look under the covers" philosophy. I've gone to lots of trouble to disable those patches in Windows 7 that relate to that. * Telemetry / spy functions reporting back to the mother ship all the time. * The "flat UI" design instead of the 3d textured one. Here are the things I dislike or even hate about Windows 10: I've only had one or two hours of actual usage of Windows 10, plus a few hours helping my wife with her work computer, plus some discussions here and and Leo on SN, some YouTube viewing. The last thing I want is them active all the time. In fact, I've always disabled my microphone and camera in case a virus got in. They've all gone political, spy on users, and overbearing control, in my Were you able to disable Cortana? The last thing I want is for that to be monitoring every word I say and sending it to Microsoft. That includes Microsoft, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. The bottom line for me is that I consider all the Big Tech companies at this point to be the enemy of the users. For Brave, I use it's internal site settings and shields. I ALSO run my browsers with javascript off unless I approve a site. Also, even though Windows 7 is accumulating some unpatched bugs, it is also becoming less and less of a target over time. Considering that they're patching 100 or more things each month, and are breaking a few more, that tells me that the internals of Windows 10 may not be more secure. I'm not so sure that Windows 10 is more secure, especially while Microsoft Security Essentials and Windows Defender are being updated. Just lost several paragraphs I had already typed due to copy and paste screw ups. I continue below with comments on that and a few other things. I decided to give that topic a thread of its own so as to not hijack the other thread too had stated in the other thread how much more secure Windows 10 would be than Windows 7. Replies to some of my comments drifted into a discussion of the pros and cons of Windows 10.
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