After the fresh installation of Windows 10 on our PC, the first thing that we all do is to make changes to Windows settings and personalize it. This may include turning off some of the features that we don’t use or changing desktop background. While Windows itself allows you to make changes to many of Read More …
When we are browsing websites, using online services or using even web apps in the Chrome web browser, we do not really bother to read the fine print that explains how these different apps are going to use our data. In fact some of these could have access to your data in a way that Read More …
Soon after Windows 10 was first released, people discovered that Windows has been busy collecting their data and sending it off to Microsoft servers. Ever since then so many programs have been released with the sole mission to disable these data collection settings, for example, Disable Win Tracking, DoNotSpy10, O&O Shutup, Spybot Anti-Beacon, Ashampoo Antispy, Read More …
When Windows 10 was first released, it came with many features such as Telemetry that can collect the user data and send it back to Microsoft servers. Even though none of the personal or identifiable information is collected, some users got concerned about the privacy issues. Since then many privacy related tools for Windows 10 Read More …
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 …