Newsletter Archives

• How to protect your privacy in Win10

  Posted on August 17, 2018 at 06:43 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Preston Gralla just updated his Computerworld article, to cover Win10 version 1803.

  You can’t stop the snooping entirely, but you can dial it back.

  Vess Bontchev came back with a between-the-eyes observation (as Vess so often does):

  This doesn't cover even a minuscule part of what Win10 snoops about you.https://t.co/u8OM8vY8n4https://t.co/SKERT66DyB

  Most of it cannot be turned off by the user. If you are worried about your privacy, don't use Win10.

  — Vess (@VessOnSecurity) August 17, 2018

  Windows News Windows 10 privacy

• Ongoing discussion of Windows 10 Privacy settings

  Posted on August 28, 2017 at 11:00 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  See: The definitive guide to privacy settings in Windows 10 Creators Update, Computerworld.

  I’m astounded at the number of Windows 10 settings that are related to privacy, and how they’re scattered all over the place. I’m also overwhelmed by the dearth of documentation – and conflicting documentation – for Privacy settings in Win10 Creators Update.

  If you know of a particularly irksome privacy setting, I’d like to hear about it.

  There’s a huge guide to Win10 privacy settings in the works. More news as I’m allowed to divulge it.

  Windows News Windows 10 privacy

• A detailed view of what you can control in Win10 privacy

  Posted on September 19, 2016 at 14:44 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Ed Bott has another good, detailed report in his latest ZDNet column.

  Other Windows 10 privacy

• Privacy and advertising in Windows 10 – both sides of the story

  Posted on August 5, 2015 at 07:45 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  It’s not at all black-and-white, in spite of the dire warnings you may have read.

  Here’s the facts.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Windows News Windows 10 advertising, Windows 10 privacy