Privacy

Hi, First and foremost, I've been considering a wide variety of options for an operating system with the following priorities in mind: 1- Privacy: At the risk of sounding paranoid, the geopolitical state of MANY "democratic" countries and just the world in general is very concerning to me and...

Just a PSA for everyone to not click “Got It” on Google Chrome’s new privacy features alert. Go to settings and turn them all off. EDIT: imgur does not seem to work with the forum’s image proxy (at least on my system). The links are still clickable to load the image. But you probably don’t...

Read through this: https://www.politico.eu/article/car-manufacturer-data-privacy-driver-passenger-sexual-activity-report/ "Nissan said it could sell information about drivers and passengers’ sexual activity, intelligence and health diagnosis to data brokers, law enforcement agencies and other...

I was originally looking at the Vizio 2.1 Theater Sound Bar - V21-H8 until I read a user comment that the bluetooth feature could not be turned off. According to the post, his usage of the sound bar was frequently getting interrupted by requests to pair with someone else's device and forcing...

Hi, I consider to buy a Robotic vacuum cleaner I see in the articles/pages related to the mi mop 2 that all the settings are accessible trough a smartphone apps... But the info that I could found miss a lot of information, So I don't know the following -> Does the vacuum act as an WiFi AP ...

Hi, Do you need a Microsoft account and you are required to log into your MS account to use Windows 11 or during the Win 11 Install? Can you use Bitlocker in Win 11 home or can you use Bitlocker without a MS account? Is there any encryption tools in Win 11 home? If not what free encryption...

Dear all I have a Tehcnicolor router Have there been any instances or cases, where a spycamera was installed by the manufacturer of the router, to spy on the end user / normal people? Thank you Best regards

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone here had tried out the Blackbird application. It was made to take Windows privacy and security further than ever before by checking and/or disabling everything that could be enabled and Microsoft is hiding from us. I haven't used it yet, because it says it...

Ive always been a Windows user and would be considered a noob in terms of what I know of Linux. I sell fulltime online across a couple different marketplaces and Ive been debating on experimenting with a Linux Distro just to play around with. For futuristic purposes, Id like some opinions and...

I have an Intel desktop with Win 10 Pro and the MS Office Suite which includes Outlook. I recently began a trial of Eset security software and set it to require my permission to scan any outgoing mail communications. These are non-"send" functions that seem to be triggered by various security...

Hello, back in 2017, I used to play an online MMORPG game, and I was a part of that community for nearly two years before quitting in 2018-2019. After I quit that game, someone from that game began stalking me online. This person was able to find all of my social media accounts, including reddit...

Softwares to increase privacy, security & 2 OS Windows, Android I have installed some softwares from a website (website name & software name,if i am allowed to share here then please ask), i would like to get some help in understanding which are some of the settings i could tweak which would...

I met someone at a previous job that employs an entire tech company to do his bidding. I think he or one of his lackeys are hackers and may have some sort of scripts or other sneaky software on my devices. I've had weird things happening across my android devices and windows 10 machines since I...

Hello, a few weeks back this error starting to pop up for beyond just me. Its everyone in the house that's using the WiFi, and I'm not sure why it does this half the time I google something or go to a website. This happens to PCs, mobile devices, etc. I called my provider and they told me to...

I have a laptop dell XPS 14 l421x with window 10 pro when I restart my laptop window defender it works fine but after few seconds Windows Defender is not working. Threat service has stopped. restart now this warning shown after few seconds I tried to restart the services of window defender...

Fun story. My mother picked up a Wi-Fi repeater from some e-shop for $20. I set it up for her. It works fine. After everything was done i noticed there was no way of me identifying this thing. The packaging is fairly well designed, it has the products features printed out on it, the manual is...

Hi All, I know about hardware but I have a major blind spot when it comes to data security in networking, so I need some guru advice and hope you can help. With Covid, I've been working from home for almost a year now. Just today, my job said we need to connect an IP phone to our home...

I was told that this product will solve my problem with not enough WiFi coverage throughout the house. But now when I read some reviews on Amazon people noted how the terms of user agreement say that tp-link will have access to your personal information and that it shares your information in a...

Dear forum English is not my first language, and my Windows is in danish, so please excuse spelling mistakes etc. "Allow that apps gain acces to file system" = ON "Choose which apps that shall have access to your file system" = List is empty / there is no apps I have read the support site and...

Hello everyone! I'm a middle school teacher, and our school started to use Microsoft teams as a remote platform. I have been signed as an "owner" in each class I teach in the school, and the students as "members". the question is: am I the superior role in the team? or is there a higher "admin"...

Hey, I will keep it short and get straight to the point, i would like to view my data which are being collected just like i can see on my personal Microsoft account through this website https://account.microsoft.com/privacy/ It works fine to check my personal account data associated with it...

I mostly used ESET, but right now I'm starting to value my privacy. ESET with it's ssl filter is pretty good imo, but since I don't feel confident about my IT security skills, I'm asking you guys. I've read 2 articles about AV's privacy, but honestly it's kinda hard to find more article. I've...

I work at an independent repair shop and a woman came in yesterday with a HP Probook 445 saying she had a "Jerry Spring esq" security problem. She than described to me a situation where an ex husband who 'works in IT' has been stalking her digitally. It seems he had access to most of her...

I went into a link of someone who shared his file on OneDrive and I saw my username and all at the top corner. Does it give him my username when I download his file?

I'm wondering how these virtual cards work in depth. Privacy Card is one of companies that offer virtual cards that give you randomly numbered debit cards. 1) Are the randomly assigned virtual cards created within the app, and somehow these cards are approved by the bank to make transaction...

Hello everyone. I found out recently about the Group Policy Editor on Windows 10 Pro. I was looking through it and found out that there are a lot of policies that can be enabled and disabled in order for the user to increase the privacy and security on their computer. The question is, which...

The title explains itself. I'm using Darik's Boot and Nuke to securely erase an HDD. I'm using the RCMP option, which involves 8 passes, and it seems good enough for that. I also saw an option called Gutmann Wipe, which involves 35 passes, but it seems overkill.

My computer has been really really slow and at times I cannot control it at all, cannot CTRL + ALT + DEL, move mouse (it actually disappears), or type. At times I get the error - the sign in process couldn't display security and sign in options. I got McAfee and ran scans, it found no viruses...

So I had a friend over and mistakenly clicked on the photo app and on my 55" screen pops up Windows Photo App which has apparently been saving every photo I open in its own library... good thing it was only a bunch of naked photos of my girlfriend!!! I cannot find a way or any suggestion as to...

In Windows 10, my microphone works fine with some apps like Skype. I've installed Teamviewer and the microphone is blocked, so the other side doesn't hear me. I suppose it is blocked by Windows. I opened Settings > Privacy > Microphone with the intent to allow Teamviewer to use the...

as the title states ive got a problem with oracle vm, ive scoured the entire internet to no avail, my problem seems to be different from other peoples, instead of the guest OS freezing (being unresponsive) the ACTUAL program i.e the main thing you see when you double click the oracle vm icon...

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GrgjFt I plan on overclocking the 1080 and r5 as best as i can and i’m not sure what kind of psu to get. Would 600 watts do or like 550 maybe i have no clue so any suggestions?

I got i5-4690k 3,5 ghz and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 atm. If I want to play 1440p 144hz on high/ultra (on newer AAA-games etc.) or even 4k resolution, is it possible to only upgrade my gpu to a rtx 2070 or 2080 and keep my current 4690k CPU? And how future proof would that be? Here is more detail...

Hello! Very recently I bought a Crucial P1 500GB SSD that I installed on my Z170A PC Mate Motherboard. I asked on a PC building subreddit before I bought the SSD if it would be compatible with my motherboard, and everybody told me it was. After installing the m.2 the way every video and the...

I have been suggested to buy some DDR4 3200 to go with the new MODO/CPU i am going to buy: asus strix Z390+I9-9900K Online many people talk about the g.skill tridentZ, but I currently have some hyperX DDR3 that I found really good, so i wanted to go for the same brand: But now i am unsure if...

I built a machine a while back with a TR2950x with the ASROCK X399 phantom gaming 6 motherboard (Firmware P1.10) and enermax liqtech tr4 360 cooler running ubuntu server 18.04. It has been very unstable. The temperature in the bios reads 70C instantly on boot after being powered off for a...

Yeah so, I've been thinking of upgrading my PC, I have a i3 8100 here, but I just want to change the CPU, is it a good idea tho'? the i5 8400 with the 570

I have a problem with turn on my Sony Vaio SVF143A1YW. I tried adding one more RAM for my laptop, It has already worked well for 2 months. Now when I push the power button my laptop has noise fan spin but the screen does not start up, I wait about 30 minutes then everything fine the screen on...

My spec: Processor: Xeon X3440 Mobo: Asrock P55m pro RAM: Kingstone Hyperx 2x4gb 1866mhz I don't have much knowledge on Overclocking. I heard increasing BCLK will increase bus speed for all the components and can cause damage to RAM, SSD As my CPU don't have unlocked multiplier, is it...

I am new at this situation. What I have basically been thinking is that I would use: 4GB DDR3 RAM 250Gb or 500GB HDD Intel Core i5 - 4th gen upwards About 3 USB 3.0 Ports It is an outline of what I want to do. The pc is for a starting up retail store that wants 3 pcs. A recommendation for the...