"O & O Shutup" and "Destroy Win 10 Spying" are just two good permanently free programs that do the same thing.

Nigel tarafından yorumlandı  –  9 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+95)

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Ever since Microsoft's so-called "Windows 10 Privacy Statement" said this:

"We will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders)"

computer geeks the world over have joined in common cause against the giant American corporation's business practices, hence why there are 100s of pages on the Internet devoted to how-to-protect-yourself-against-Windows 10. All this is in the public domain; there is nothing to stop any commercial developer from taking the freely available information, writing software to automate the tasks identified by others, and then selling it.

Such may well be the case with today's software from SoftOrbits, a developer that -- ironically -- has earned anything but an inspiring track record when it comes to customer confidence in its own practices (as various complaints on GOTD have often confirmed.) Still, at a price of $0 today and $39.99 on re-install or renewal, "Privacy Protector 2.0 for Windows 10" may on the face of it seem a not unreasonable proposition.

Unfortunately though: a host of freeware already exists to do for nothing that which SoftOrbits seeks to charge for, amongst them an offering from the same people who brought SpyBot Search & Destroy to the marketplace many moons ago:

https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

A personal favorite of mine, Anti-Beacon automates all the protective tasks necessary to safeguard the privacy of computer users with Operating Systems from Windows 7 up -- remember: Microsoft hasn't contented itself with harvesting personal private data merely from Windows 10 users alone.) What's especially commendable about Anti-Beacon is that it has a lively user forum --

https://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?72686-Spybot-Anti-Beacon-for-Windows-10

and, because of that user base, is able to keep up with Microsoft's disreputable tactics of re-enabling, via seemingly innocent "Windows Updates", privacy protections settings that may earlier have been disabled by protective software.

Given the reality that SpyBot Anti-Beacon is free, comes from a long established developer, and is backed by a worldwide user forum, it's hard to see why SoftOrbits is even bothering to compete at $39.99. Thanks then, GOTD, and thanks, SoftOrbits, but no thanks.

MikeR tarafından yorumlandı  –  9 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+13)

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When was this version last updated?

Tony tarafından yorumlandı  –  9 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+12)

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