Windows 10 brings a lot of new features and aims to make your daily work as easy and hassle-free as possible. Microsoft does grant you some further rights in order that you can set your privacy the way you would like it. However, these new settings often only apply to programs that were installed after the Update, and some old settings are simply reset to “Standard“ automatically. Windows 10 quite freely shares your personal data with Microsoft and certain apps. Some services protocol your entire keyboard entries, share your WLAN access data with your Facebook contacts or connect your computer without asking permission to a public – and potentially unprotected – network. While this means that you and your contacts do not have to grapple with complicated WLAN passwords, it also poses a significant security risk.
Windows 10 lets you manage some of the available privacy settings in a new easier to use dashboard. Unfortunately, it does not give you full control over your privacy on your very own PC. Without a deep understanding of Windows 10, it is very difficult to protect your privacy.
Protect your privacy in Windows 10 – Free!
O&O Software’s freeware O&O ShutUp10 means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far. Using a very simple interface, you decide how Windows 10 should respect your privacy by making recommendations and giving tips for which unwanted functions should be deactivated. And should you change your mind later on, e.g. giving the personal assistant Cortana a try, all changes can be reverted with a single click.
New in Version 1.8.1410
- NEW: Detected changes to the settings are displayed again when the program is started again, unless they have been explicitly accepted/li>
- NEW: Accepted changes to the settings remain visible until the next program start
- NEW: Deactivate app access to diagnostic information on this device
- NEW: Deactivate app access to camera on this device
- NEW: Deactivate app access to microphone on this device
- NEW: Deactivate app access to notifications on this device
- NEW: Deactivate app access to user account information for current users
- NEW: Deactivate app access to calendar for current users
- NEW: Deactivate app access to email for current users
- NEW: Deactivate app access to tasks for current users
- NEW: Deactivate app access to messages for current users
- NEW: Deactivate app access to documents for current users
- NEW: Deactivate app access to images for current users
- NEW: Deactivate app access to videos for current users
- NEW: Deactivate app access to the file system for current users
- FIX: Deactivate app access to diagnostic information for current users
- FIX: Italian comments in the Config-File edited
Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese simplified.
Download now – no install, no crapware
Download O&O ShutUp10 free from our Website. O&O ShutUp10 is entirely free (freeware) and does not have to be installed – it can be simply run directly and immediately on your PC (portable). And it will not install or download retrospectively unwanted or unnecessary software, like so many other programs do these days!
Decide for yourself how important your “comfort” is when weighed up with your privacy and how to protect it. O&O ShutUp10 presents you with all important settings in one location – you need no previous IT knowledge and there is no need to manually change the Windows 10 system settings.
