On the general subject of cutting down the privacy “leaks”, reducing what is sent where, primarily in this case to Microsoft, I saw a great presentation on shutting down many things here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kGMCfb2xw Barnacules (the presenter) speaks to Windows 10, but I found much of the stuff headdress in my Windows 7 machine. In fact, partly because he seems to have shown me how to shut down so much on the privacy front (a primary concern in Windows 10) I am moving that machine forward to Windows 10 but using his presentation and the tool he demonstrated to shut things down. That tool is free and is from our old friends at Spybot. Towards the end of his presentation there are a few things that you may or may not want to do, depending on your comfort level with the topics. That’s a very small part of the whole presentation. The tool he uses for the “safe for everyone” stuff is Spybot Antibeacon. Find Spybot Antibeacon here: https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/ It’s free and safe according to Barnacules, I personally trust the Spybot folks, so I pass it on to you. From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Crowell, N4HPG via BVARC Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:28 AM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB; TDXS List Cc: Bill Crowell, N4HPG Subject: [BVARC] Off-Topic: Vastly Improving Web Browsing All, Recently, I was shopping on Amazon for some N bulkhead connectors. Going other places on the web such as Fox News, ads kept popping up trying to sell me N connectors! Everywhere I went were N connectors. And NO, it wasn’t God telling me that we should do away with PL-259s <grin>. Every day we are tracked and monitored by commercial entities on the web. They have a profile of each of us and they sell this information for profit. Besides this, all of the tracking systems slow down the browsing experience because they use bandwidth. We can drastically reduce tracking systems using 2 browser plugins: AdBlock. This blocks most adware. Pandora will complain as will other sites, but many sites with adware also have viruses for free download. You can turn it off if you need to on a site-by-site basis. Disconnect.Me - (www.disconnect.me) This blocks trackers. It’s donation ware and I’m going to donate a bit to them for the free version. As I write this, in my browser’s window I have Pandora playing. At this moment 41 ads have been blocked and 31 trackers. Sometimes I go to a site where I get a “canvas” warning. This is when the site is monitoring where your mouse moves on the screen! Like turning on the filter for CW, the noise is reduced! Pass it on. 73! Bill Crowell, N4HPG Pearland, TX [email protected] I prefer to live a life of galvanic isolation.
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