What are the privacy implications of enabling Microsoft Security's "Network Protection" feature?

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  • It's like Microsoft's Smartscreen in Edge, but not just for Edge and downloads, instead for all apps. Smartscreen sends a lot of info to Microsoft, like visited URLs. It's the fastest solution in identifying threats, faster than Google's Safe Browsing, but not privacy friendly. If you want a similar, more privacy friendly feature, use an encrypted DNS server with blocklists for malicious websites like Quad9. There are many ways to make Windows more secure without compromising privacy, for example https://github.com/beerisgood/Windows11_Hardening

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