Everything from tracking what sites you visit, how many times you visit them, and when the last time is you visited them; to key logging what you type and sending it to Microsoft. Now set the Feature Updates to the following. If you already installed Windows with the default settings, go to Start > Settings > Privacy to turn them off. 2. Additionally, Go to Start > Settings > Apps > Manage optional features, and remove Contact Support (if present). You can simply remove them again using the same commands. Microsoft generously enables everybody to change the concerning settings, but hides them in countless menus, where a normal user does not want to search for! Secure Windows 10 and reset privacy options after updates Resources Twitter @builtbybel. Windows Privacy Tweaker. In the command prompt, type: In the command prompt type the following commands: Press Win+R, type regedit, press enter, and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. Scripts for reversing are included and commented. You signed in with another tab or window. Contribute to MichiMunich/Windows10-Privacy development by creating an account on GitHub. Personally, I allow Windows Update, Network discovery and sharing, DHCP, DNS, my web browser and nothing more. Use Git or checkout with SVN using the web URL. Right click the key and select Permissions, then click Advanced, change the Owner to your username, check "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" and "Replace all child object permission entries with inheritable permission entries from this object", if inheritance is enabled, disable it and convert to explicit permissions, apply, remove all the permission entries and add one for your username with Full control, confirm everything and delete the key. The only UWP app you'll have left will be the settings app. Installs Chocolatey, Notepad++, Irfanview, VLC, Java, and asks if you want Adobe Reader or Brave. My recommended configuration for SimpleWall is this: Feel free to experiment with SimpleWall, it is a very powerful tool. GitHub Desktop Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. The by default highly questionable set options concerning privacy and data protection in Windows 10 brought me to the idea to develop this program. Allow the installation to download and install. The only disadvantage at the moment is that it blocks Windows Update even if you explicitly allow it. It is now possible to remove 3D Paint and 3D Print, but they forgot to remove the option in the context menu when you remove them. Get used to seeing a lot of these in the first hours. Unfortunately, since June 2018, the Windows Security icon in the Start menu can no longer be removed without breaking the system. Download DoNotSpy 10 (free with ads) 8. Now open the Store app, and let it download updates too. The project aims to allow Windows 10 users to take back some of their privacy. GitHub Desktop is a seamless way to contribute to projects on GitHub and GitHub Enterprise. SimpleWall is the new recommended firewall for this guide. Login to Gitlab and open your user settings. Review and tweak before running. As the final step, you need to register your OpenSSH Public Key in the platform of your choice in your SSH Keys: Gitlab. GitHub CLI gh is GitHub on the command line. Most of it seems pretty legit stuff when telemetry is set to basic, but still, if you don't trust them, here's how to prevent Windows 10 from sending your data to Microsoft. As the next step in the journey towards a more secure GitHub experience, beginning November 13 th, GitHub and Visual Studio will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating with the REST API and will instead require using token-based authentication (e.g., personal access or OAuth), for all authenticated operations for GitHub.com.. As a result … Developers should not have to sacrifice their privacy to collaborate on GitHub,” wrote Nat Friedman from the GitHub team. Go to Start > Settings > Personalization > Lock screen: Go back to Settings and go to System > Notifications and actions: Later on, you might get a "Suggestions" notification. GitHub's Nat Friedman explains in a blog post why GitHub removed unnecessary cookies, stating:.