Windows 10 - What Program For Telemetry Remover

Discussion in 'Software' started by lorca, Dec 14, 2019.

  1. lorca

    lorca Private E-2

    What is the best programs to remove telemetry and other stuff (must support version 1909)? I plan to reinstall windows, I forgot the names of best ones...
     
  2. lorca

    lorca Private E-2

    Anyone?
     
  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

  4. lorca

    lorca Private E-2

    Thanks, I also looks here and I sorted them by date and I noticed that only couple (PrivateWin10 0.72 , O&O ShutUp10 1.7.1405, W10Privacy 3.3.2.1) of them got update after got update after november 1909 update. Would that mean that only they support 1909 or date doeens'matter?

    https://www.majorgeeks.com/mg/sortdate/windows_10_fixes.html
     
  5. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Date does matter because Microsoft keeps moving the goal posts.
    Every major Windows 10 update will revert the changes or even remove the program.
    The latter 2 you mentioned are popular - but I also don't use Windows 10.
     
  6. lorca

    lorca Private E-2

    OK, I am thinking of using O&O ShutUp10 and W10Privacy. Can the work together or it is better to use only one?
     
  7. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    ONLY use one program.
     
  8. Anon-469e6fb48c

    Anon-469e6fb48c Anonymized

    O&O ShutUp10 You have to pay for full features.
     
  9. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    BS
    https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
     
  10. Mr Grumpy

    Mr Grumpy Private E-2

    Linux, hardware firewall?

    You can attempt to mitigate telemetry all you like, the programs are pretty much a placebo. You need to dig in deep with a firewall because W10 does unscrupulous stuff regardless of building yourself a pretty HOSTS file.

    But a decent(ish) place to start would be with Priv10. ShutUp10 and all that other stuff is useless, in my opinion.

    Don't get me wrong, however. You could use ShutUp10, Priv10 and build yourself a DNS sinkhole. Then you'd be getting somewhere.

    An entirely different approach would be switching to Devuan or Slackware. Security by obscurity, use KeePassXC, different usernames, sandbox browsers for each part of your life (private, public, work), keep your personal files away from Windows 10.

    Sorry I digress. There's no such thing as a private Windows 10. End of story. Something will always make it to M$ and once it does, it isn't yours anymore.
     
  11. Anon-469e6fb48c

    Anon-469e6fb48c Anonymized


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