Windows 10 is an amazing operating system and Microsoft keeps adding more and more improvements every now and then to it, but it is also a well documented fact that Windows 10 dials back home. That is, Windows 10 collects some of the user data and sends it back to Microsoft servers for their analysis. Read More …
There is a new feature in Windows 10 that records the user activity in order to provide the users better experience. In the user activity history, it stores the websites that were open in the Microsoft Edge web browser, the apps that you have been using and the services running in your Windows PC. By Read More …
If you are paranoid that someone could be reading all your private text messages that you sent to your girlfriend, then you need an app that can provide you secure and private channels for those late night text communications. Fortunately, there are many apps for both Android and iOS that allow secure encrypted communications. Signal, for Read More …
Avira Privacy Pal is a new software from the manufacturer of popular Avira Antivirus software that protects your privacy by finding and cleaning all of your digital traces in your Windows PC. It works along with your existing security software and adds an extra layer of defense by protecting your online privacy. According to Avira Read More …
Windows 10 comes with many services and features that spy on how everyone is using their Windows computers. This data collection is enabled by default and sent over to Microsoft servers without the average user knowing how and why is this data is being collected. Microsoft has replied many times that they are collecting this Read More …
Windows 10 was very well received at first when it was released almost two years ago. But pretty soon everyone got tired of frequent updates containing drastic changes and many people reverted back to Windows 7. In fact, I know many PC gamers who choose to install Windows 7 SP1 on their brand new gaming Read More …
If there is an operating system that collects the user generated data more than anything else then it is definitely going to be Windows 10. They add new policies and background processes that dial back home to Microsoft servers with the every new major update to the Windows 10. For example, the feedback & diagnostics Read More …
How many times has it happened to you that one of the nosy people has walked quietly near you and stares at your notebook screen just to see what you have been doing. And these snoopy people are so shameless, they don’t even look at you – they keep staring at the computer screen without Read More …
Over the past one month, we have discussed about various scripts and tools available for blocking various apps, services and others channels via which Microsoft may fetch your personal data. Some of these tools are created by privacy conscious individuals while others have been designed by professionals like Disable Win Tracking, DoNotSpy10, O&O Shutup, Spybot Anti-Beacon etc. Read More …
Microsoft introduced some new feedback features in Windows 10 so that their engineers can get realtime feedback data from the actual Windows 10 users. This is supposed to improve the future versions of the operating system and help Microsoft add or remove features gradually over the time. But this also means that Microsoft is keeping a close eye on Read More …