Windows 11’s single, OS‑level Location Services toggle is the privacy switch you should flip today if you want to stop Windows and most apps from constantly reporting your precise coordinates to Microsoft and the wider app ecosystem. Turning it off closes the most direct pipeline for on‑device...
Windows 11 ships with a modern interface and convenient cloud features, but out of the box it also shares more about you than many users expect—location, diagnostic telemetry, an advertising ID and synced activity history are all enabled by default and deserve a careful review. A handful of...
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