People all around the world from technician experts to first time computer users are bragging about Windows 10. But even the greatest inventions have their flaws. This one could have a big one. Is Windows 10 Spying on us?
According the most articles, the answer is yes. In fact, it tracks nearly everything you do. In their novel of an agreement filled with legal gibberish, Microsoft pretty much says Windows 10 can watch you use the bathroom if it wants to (lol). Okay, maybe that was a little graphic, but it’s not that far from the truth. In king’s English, here is Microsoft’s privacy statement. There’s not much privacy in that statement, is it? However there is good news. There’s some things you can do to opt out of this potential privacy invasion. First, go to your settings and click on privacy. There, you’ll find thirteen screens. If any screen seems suspicious of privacy invasion, disable it! Adapt what data each app can access. Voice assistant Cortana has to go. It’s like a data snitch. Are you tired of those pesky ads following you from website to website? Go to this website?and turn off the purple ‘personalized ads in this browser’ and the green ‘personalized ads wherever I use my Microsoft account’. They’re other methods out there too, but these are the most basic and common sense ones.
Ladies and gentleman, when you hear that Windows 10 or any other technological system is spying on you, don’t panic or freak out! There are usually ways to protect your and family’s privacy. It’s easy to fold up our arms and cry, “That’s just the way it is today. There’s nothing we can do.” Yes there is. We just need to know what to do. The beauty of it is, these corporations understand our concern…somewhat. And now they’re offering ways to guard our privacy…somewhat. What are other things we can do to keep or privacy, and sanity, in tact?