Trust me when I say there is A LOT more you can do to protect yourself not just from MS, but anyone, from building a digital profile about you online. What makes this uncomfortable, is the fact that there is no true transparency with ANY of the big corps (Google, MS, Apple, etc..) only an illusion.
...some tips?
Delete your FB account, you do not need FB, FB tells you that you need them, its complete BS, its all marketing - they are building digital profiles about you. Delete your G-mail and all your search history as they are building digital profiles on you as well. Do not search Google when you are logged into your Google account - MS account (Bing) - Yahoo account - hell anything tbh.
You should have a router capable of connecting to a VPN on boot up, PIA is probably the best anon VPN provider out there as they do not log. Your ISP can see EVERYWHERE you go, they have no right to peer into your online activities.
Create a VM with Linux/Win7 master VM if you are super paranoid (Ubuntu is pretty progressed at this point and Win7 is still ok-ish). When you are done? Delete the VM copy, keeping your master image for the next time you need to do some online activity.
Do not login to Windows 10 with your live account/apps.
Whitelist ONLY sites you want to browse then deny everything else in your routers EGRESS ACL (Internal -> Internet). A lot of sites spider to other sites without your knowledge, specifically they can spider to known malware ad hosting sites. .PW or .SU domain anyone? lol.
Privacy needs to be taken seriously. Big Data is Big Money and they are harvesting your data for free. They may claim to anon the data, but seriously, you really believe that?
Look at PRISM and what PRISM was. Tbh, it is probably still operational, just under another code name.
Corps will say they are not in collusion with Gov's, but they are. It's bullshit. I feel like they are taking advantage at low-information computer users (IE. those not skilled technically enough to understand how all this shit works)
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No tinfoil - just facts from research...
Trust me when I say there is A LOT more you can do to protect yourself not just from MS, but anyone, from building a digital profile about you online. What makes this uncomfortable, is the fact that there is no true transparency with ANY of the big corps (Google, MS, Apple, etc..) only an illusion.
...some tips?
Delete your FB account, you do not need FB, FB tells you that you need them, its complete BS, its all marketing - they are building digital profiles about you. Delete your G-mail and all your search history as they are building digital profiles on you as well. Do not search Google when you are logged into your Google account - MS account (Bing) - Yahoo account - hell anything tbh.
You should have a router capable of connecting to a VPN on boot up, PIA is probably the best anon VPN provider out there as they do not log. Your ISP can see EVERYWHERE you go, they have no right to peer into your online activities.
Create a VM with Linux/Win7 master VM if you are super paranoid (Ubuntu is pretty progressed at this point and Win7 is still ok-ish). When you are done? Delete the VM copy, keeping your master image for the next time you need to do some online activity.
Do not login to Windows 10 with your live account/apps.
Whitelist ONLY sites you want to browse then deny everything else in your routers EGRESS ACL (Internal -> Internet). A lot of sites spider to other sites without your knowledge, specifically they can spider to known malware ad hosting sites. .PW or .SU domain anyone? lol.
Privacy needs to be taken seriously. Big Data is Big Money and they are harvesting your data for free. They may claim to anon the data, but seriously, you really believe that?
Look at PRISM and what PRISM was. Tbh, it is probably still operational, just under another code name.
Corps will say they are not in collusion with Gov's, but they are. It's bullshit. I feel like they are taking advantage at low-information computer users (IE. those not skilled technically enough to understand how all this shit works)
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