New Windows installation, privacy tips ?

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  • Windows10Debloater

    Discontinued Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.

  • If you need to use windows you can use https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater to remove all the bloat that came pre installed, after that run https://www.w10privacy.de to disable the things you don't like or need, https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla is a good open-source alternative to w10privacy, but has much less options.

  • privatezilla

    ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿ”ฅPerforms a privacy & security check of Windows 10

  • If you need to use windows you can use https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater to remove all the bloat that came pre installed, after that run https://www.w10privacy.de to disable the things you don't like or need, https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla is a good open-source alternative to w10privacy, but has much less options.

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    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • debotnet

    Discontinued ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿš€ Debotnet is a tiny portable tool for controlling Windows 10's many privacy-related settings and keep your personal data private.

  • Run Debotnet - https://github.com/builtbybel/debotnet - It has some very useful scripts for disabling telemetry services and scheduled tasks. I install Windows LTSC, so it doesn't have any bloatware, but would use Debotnet to remove bloatware if I ever have to install Home/Pro versions.

  • simplewall

    Discontinued Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.

  • Install Simplewall - https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall - and block network access to all the programs except browser

  • Install DNSCrypt Proxy - https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy- and set up anonymized DNS

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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