Windows 10: Windows 10 and privacy and performance concerns

Hello!

I've read a lot about privacy, spying etc. I'm more concerned about the performance that is taken away because of the unnecessary services running that are spying one me than the spying itself.

Anyway, what would be the cleanest and safest way to disable all that? Is there a recommenede tool or can I do it myself?

Thank you!

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Concerns related to privacy and security

Just meant as an info...

Community Moderator SpiritX MS MVP just now posted a newer version of his list with MS Phone Numbers etc.

It's here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/feedback/forum/fdbk_commsite-feedback_other/what-is-the-costumer-service-to-talk-with-tech/5ae8f155-7d8a-4418-899a-003bd25f3d0d?msgId=65999da8-64a0-46a5-b58c-6a1ddf84bbdb

 

Concerns related to privacy and security

My question was about the phone number. Was it a Microsoft number? I fixed the problem with special software that gets rid of ransomware.

 

'Spying' by Microsoft if it happens is nothing compared to what national security agencies are doing. Don't user a computer at all if concerned and sell your mobile phone which is like walking around with a flashing beacon on top of your head.

 

What 'spying' there is is mostly telemetry and usage statistics, none of it is linked to you as a person.

As for performance, 10 is a better performer than Windows 7 was and on a per with 8/8.1 so this telemetry should have minimal effect.

 

Watch this video:
10 Ways To Stop Windows Spying On You - YouTube

 

Thank you. I did a bit of a research and those three tools seem to be the most recommended:

Releases . Nummer/Destroy-Windows-10-Spying . GitHub
Spybot Anti-Beacon for Windows
O&O ShutUp10: download free antispy tool for Windows 10

Does anyone of you use any of those three? What is your experience, any problems at all? What about after Windows 10 gets an update, everything still works fine?

 

MS-BOSS *Smile

I think I have seen this exact post elsewhere in another forum...yes those are good tools

 

Shutup10 would be my go to choice.

 

SpyBot and ShutpUp10 are excellent.

Use them both regularly and remember to re-run them after any Microsoft update!

 

I think I'll go with O&O's ShutUp10. This is a stand-alone program (no installation), so I only have to run it after every Update, OK. What about ShutUp updates, I guess it won't update automatically so I have to do it manually, check after every Windows update for the ShutUp update? Tedious...

 

Another question: what exaclty does Windows 10 send out, what kind of info? Personal data? Site passwords, like for Gmail? Where can I read about that?

 

For a full description visit this official Microsoft site.
Basically there are four levels:

As a home user (even if you've got Pro) the lowest level is Basic - you cannot set the Security level. Providing you use basic you won't send the contents of any of your file, site passwords etc.

At basic this is what is sent. See the linked site for more information:

Yes that's correct. After every update check for ShutUp updates.

 

If you use these tools, make sure you don't suddenly see 'Some settings are managed by your organisation' in e.g. Settings, Privacy. A very long time ago when I tried these, there were some side-effects. Maybe these have been overcome now.

 

The simple answer is: no, they haven't been overcome because of the way they work. They change registry settings and/or group policy settings which trick the OS into thinking there's an organisational administrator.

But if you want to get rid of the "Some settings are managed..." message (conspicuously printed in red text) you can use the software to 'Undo' or 'Remove' the changes and the message will disappear and the options will become editable directly in Windows again. It's no big deal, you're using third party software to manage your privacy settings.





For example if I want to change the "Send Microsoft info" setting I'd have to deactivate that option in ShutUp10 and the red message would disappear.