![]() ![]() Updates are just as likely to break things, and if they are re-establishing telemetry, then they're doing the same thing malware reportedly does. I'm at the point where "updates=security" is a questionable equation. These include:īlocking Windows Update completely, preventing the installation of important security updates and leaving your PC vulnerable." "Tools of this type can cause a variety of problems, and if you look around the web, you can see plenty of instances of people experiencing those problems. "These invasive tools can break things and cause a variety of system problems you may not notice until later, with no indication that the problem was caused by the tool." With no source code to verify, and data to MS IP ranges still seen with them switched off, and the fact that they're all on by default, there are no favors being done here. The reason this isn't done already is because there's inherent distrust that the options actually do anything. "We recommend changing privacy settings using the normal options in Windows." Thanks then, GOTD, and thanks, SoftOrbits, but no thanks. Given the reality that SpyBot Anti-Beacon is free, comes from a long established developer, and is backed by a worldwide user forum, it's hard to see why SoftOrbits is even bothering to compete at $39.99. Unfortunately though: a host of freeware already exists to do for nothing that which SoftOrbits seeks to charge for, amongst them an offering from the same people who brought SpyBot Search & Destroy to the marketplace many moons ago:Ī personal favorite of mine, Anti-Beacon automates all the protective tasks necessary to safeguard the privacy of computer users with Operating Systems from Windows 7 up - remember: Microsoft hasn't contented itself with harvesting personal private data merely from Windows 10 users alone.) What's especially commendable about Anti-Beacon is that it has a lively user forum -Īnd, because of that user base, is able to keep up with Microsoft's disreputable tactics of re-enabling, via seemingly innocent "Windows Updates", privacy protections settings that may earlier have been disabled by protective software. Such may well be the case with today's software from SoftOrbits, a developer that - ironically - has earned anything but an inspiring track record when it comes to customer confidence in its own practices (as various complaints on GOTD have often confirmed.) Still, at a price of $0 today and $39.99 on re-install or renewal, "Privacy Protector 2.0 for Windows 10" may on the face of it seem a not unreasonable proposition. All this is in the public domain there is nothing to stop any commercial developer from taking the freely available information, writing software to automate the tasks identified by others, and then selling it. "We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders)"Ĭomputer geeks the world over have joined in common cause against the giant American corporation's business practices, hence why there are 100s of pages on the Internet devoted to how-to-protect-yourself-against-Windows 10. Purchase an Unlimited personal license (with support and updates) at 70% discount!Įver since Microsoft's so-called "Windows 10 Privacy Statement" said this: ![]() ![]() These are only a part of services that become manageable with the help of Privacy Protector for Windows 10.
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