privacy hardening

  1. Limit Windows 11 Location Tracking: A Practical Privacy Guide

    Windows 11 can—and by default does—know where your PC is. You can turn most of that tracking off, but doing so requires more than flipping a single toggle: understanding what Windows is using to determine location, how the operating system shares that data with apps and cloud services, and which...
  2. Windows 11 Privacy: Flip Off Optional Diagnostic Data for Better Privacy

    If you value privacy on your PC, the single most important Windows 11 switch to flip is the Send optional diagnostic data toggle — and you should understand precisely what flipping it does, what it does not do, and the safe ways to reduce the diagnostic pipeline between your machine and...
  3. Windows 11 Privacy: Disable Telemetry, Advertising ID, App Permissions & Location

    Windows ships with several convenience features turned on by default that quietly share behavioral and system data; disabling a few of them will materially improve your privacy without breaking day-to-day use. The core four I always disable on Windows 11 are Diagnostics & Feedback (telemetry)...