I turned off all the Win10 phone-homes as per the CNET instructions. Good
to know there's a utility that will keep them turned off. Of course I'm
happier with Win10 than I was with Win8.1 (and I don't honestly think my
wife noticed when she was migrated from Win7) and I haven't found many
downsides.
Jez.
On 29 July 2016 at 15:19, David Thatcher <plusphoto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 09:58:09AM -0400, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > Oops! I just realized I've been very slow to realize a further
> > complication which may ultimately control all. My wife is very unlikely
> > to accept running Linux. That means Windows has to persist in some
> > manner. Ooops again! Win 10 with all 20 "steal your personal data"
> > settings turned off???
>
> One part of the problem with the privacy toggles is that they are often
> restored to 'normal' by windows updates.
>
> Safer-networking, the makers of the spyware/adware/malware killer
> "Spybot Search and Destroy" have a free product (Anti-Beacon) that is
> intended to maintain your privacy settings across these updates easily.
> I haven't installed my new W10 machine as yet, so I've not yet used it in
> anger. :)
>
> davidt
>
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