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Stop Windows Spying
The growth of the Internet has also raised the ugly specter of data collection. Web browsers and websites are known to collect data about their users, including personal information, all in the name of targeted advertising.
Did you know that even your operating system is not exempt from such practices? Microsoft collects just as much, if not more, data about your personal habits and usage patterns through Windows. To stop this invasion of your privacy, you can use applications like O&O ShutUp10. But what exactly is this app? How does it work? Is it safe to use? This article will answer all these questions.
If privacy is such a big concern, why not use the built-in settings within Windows itself to address the problem? Surely there must be settings to stop Microsoft from collecting data about you, right?