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Windows 10 privacy settings

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Postby Redmires » February 17th, 2018, 7:29 pm

If you're concerned (or just interested) in what Windows 10 is reporting back then check this out. A simple program that shows all the settings in one go.
This link is not the program itself, just a description of it.

https://www.techsupportalert.com/conten ... e-tool.htm

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Re: Windows 10 privacy settings

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Postby torata » February 18th, 2018, 12:17 pm

The program was very revealing - thanks for the link.
Despite having been quite fervent about protecting my privacy, there were a lot of things that I was not aware of, and even some things where updates seem to have undone my changes.

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Re: Windows 10 privacy settings

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Postby Slarti » February 18th, 2018, 5:18 pm

1nv35t wrote:Websites can determine your approximate geographic location, operating system, browser version, installed plug-ins and their versions, your operating system’s screen resolution, your installed fonts, your time zone ... and other information.

It can take surprisingly little combinations of such measures to collectively deduce uniqueness.


Approximate geographic location, for me, is usually my ISP who is far from Essex.

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