The COMPLETE Windows Privacy & Security Guide!

[@techlore]

*ATTENTION: This video is outdated, watch our improved & updated version here:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5_ZZHx7qb2bfJo This video is geared towards people who are dependent on Windows - they will not be left out of the privacy battle! MacOS & Linux Guides coming soon.

[@mr.icebear6124]

Thank you my good sir

[@johndaubner973]

thanks

[@MICKYLEAKSMGR-PRESIDENTCJWORLD]

@RAM BAS But I heard it uses aws...🤔

[@MICKYLEAKSMGR-PRESIDENTCJWORLD]

@RAM BAS Was mentioned in the Comments on LIVE video of Rob Braxman Tech when I was wanting to install Thunderbird fed up with the Illegal and Wilful blocking of Email sync by Big G!

[@MICKYLEAKSMGR-PRESIDENTCJWORLD]

@RAM BAS Again Reply Removed immediately after posting facts and truth? Techlore Dude WTF is Going on? I might have to consider removing subscription and spreading the truth if only half truths are going to be peddled by Tech channels trying to gain some brownie points or what else we might have to enquire and find out! Do note I'm making a Record of Everything for Legal and Judicial Public and Press Record, so Who is Doing these Illegal&Criminal Acts must Be Answered! If it is the Channel Creator or G00GL3 Y0utu8e Repeatedly wasting my time and energy and stating Undeniable Irrefutable Facts! No Use Blaming Me Tomorrow and Anything Untoward Happens to me for Exposing the Truth of Illegal Surveillance tracking and Targeted Attacks, Guess Who Will Be Held Responsible for Obstruction of Justice Contempt of Court&Humanity Denial of Constitutional Civil&Human Rights Freedom of Information and Press etc? YEP! YOU Guessed that RIGHT! Want me to unsubscribe if scared of truth say so! It's Really Not that Difficult to click on a Button especially after Y'all become famous don't need to care about Oldest Subscribers etc but Don't Think though that I will sit quietly and watch half truths and soft complaints or playing down Crimes committed by tech or Govts and what's with the pretence don't know when just one search for research will bring up why everything done and like I said contact me DIRECTLY [phone] Signal I will Clear Any and ALL Doubts Why What is Done By Who! I am the One who has Directly Caught So Called Fake FactFinders themselves and mentioned the flaws found in products sold as meant for privacy and safety! Not for Free Again, but by Actually Buying using them finding what they do to Sabotage them and informing kind of like a free Guinea Pig, because threat level like mine you can't achieve without Evidence Direct Investigation and Proof, yet still trying to educate people who don't even have the guts to support or fight for their rights and privacy! Take Care!

[@JTL1776]

finally I can do window's stuff with privacy. a kid should be able to play Minecraft without his info being taken to Gov or Corp data-banks.

[@johncalorino675]

Minecraft is basically Microsoft

[@can2835]

its sad whats happening these days

[@piratedom]

@not hing Notice how he said a kid linux is too complex for kids

[@madhoward]

Your data isn't private if you're still using Windows smh

[@Johnhasa1]

Reminds me of the Russian linux mum meme

[@usualatoms4868]

Been living under a rock (using Linux) for around ten years and now considering to install Windows as dual-boot due to pro audio limitations on Linux systems. Thank you for providing this information for making using Windows a bit less scary for me :)

[@techlore]

You're welcome! Glad this was helpful for you and took away your fear! - S

[@gaminghub6440]

windows users are living under the rock not you

[@The-Pug-Experience]

Quality guide, thanks! This channel definitely deserves more exposure

[@InventorZahran]

Thanks for making this video! I just got a fresh installation of Windows 10, and I can't wait to get it all customized and hardened.

[@nicegy0197]

"Remove laptop mics" I'm disappointed that there aren't more tutorials for this sort of thing. All I've been able to find are "fix laptop mic" or "disable mic in settings" type of tutorials.

[@tec4303]

If you can find out where your micropone(s) are in your computer might be able to just unplug them. Maybe you need to cut its wires or desolder it though. Check if it acually doesn't work afterwards.

[@Technopath47]

And then there's me who loves playing with Arch but am following this guide because I've got a laptop that straight up refuses to run Linux. Thanks for the convenient guide, Techlore!

[@gr0wnup5]

It's really great to see someone so passionate about Privacy and Security and creates great content to assist us... Bravo Dude 🌟

[@alexthornburg7156]

Great video, very comprehensive!

[@a5hfaq]

Whonix is probably the safest. It would be amazing if you can make a video on setup and tutorial of whonix? Please? 👍🏻

[@techlore]

Yes.

[@vincenthudry7864]

Tip : in windows, most people assume that windows hello is biometrics, however you can use a windows pin. And again, microsoft is misleading : a microsoft pin is not a 4 digit number, but can be a password that can use any characters and up to 127 characters that lives on the TPM chip. It is very usual, especially in data recovery, to use a program that break open the standard windows password. However, I don't know anything that can break windows hello. Although windows is built such as the classic password is mandatory, I think it wouldn't bite to use a windows hello pin.

[@LiftedStarfish]

I legit ass just opened up my laptop and ripped it the camera.

[@TokenBlackman7]

You gots tuh chill, Hulk!

[@Mario583a]

I legit ass just opened up my Device Manager and disabled the camera.

[@kosinusify]

I'm not ready to fully switch from Windows to Linux (yet), but setting up a virtual machine might be quite helpful here.

[@slomosapien1337]

For anyone still watching this. I recommend a program called portmaster by Safing. It's an application firewall with a ton of features and is pretty simple to use for the most part. I also suggest using something called O&O shutup10 to limit/disable telemetry and data collection on Windows systems. LibreWolf is a Firefox fork that I've been using for a while since Firefox has become slower over the last few months in my experience. Browser extensions like Ublock Origin, Privacy Badger and Decentraleyes are also amazing. Oh and Bitwarden for password management, I highly recommend it

[@hectorgperez]

Grateful for the videoconferencing alternatives, they're not talked about enough.

[@amaurymic]

After installing calyx os on my MI A2 I couldn't wait fo this video to be uploaded !

[@janeausten_]

Android 10, right? How is it going?

[@amaurymic]

@@janeausten_ calyx os for mi A2 Runs Android 11 and that's one of the advantages !

[@janeausten_]

@@amaurymic Oh! Great. I thought it has Android 10. We first have to install Oreo firmware and then install Calyx, right?

[@amaurymic]

@@janeausten_ I directly installed calyx os but you can't boot it automatically you must boot it manually : flash-all.bat doesn't work !

[@amaurymic]

@@janeausten_ I think I am gonna do a video about ut

[@lucascipriano1665]

I actually have been using windows LTSC for many years because my laptop is incredibly shitty and it's a lot lighter compared to win home or pro. It's pretty much a barebones and simplified version of Windows so there is no telemetry, unnecessary junk and bloatware the only downside I can think of is that it doesn't have the Microsoft Store but I've never needed anything from there personally.

[@OmegaMusicYT]

Windows AME user here! I also use debian

[@bigroddempsey4082]

It does have telemetry but it's barebones stuff and you can remove like 90% of it by using a script

[@VishnuVardhanS]

@@bigroddempsey4082any suggestions for such scripts?

[@gastonlagaffe9156]

thank you for a great and very useful video! please don’t stop the good job👍

[@TellStories]

Thanks for the effort man.

[@ipineaplezs2070]

Are there any updates to this for 2024? Or is it still accurate?

[@pkmanuprakash]

Dual Boot ing With windows 10 With Desbian Linux Good Option ?

[@pulverizecredibility]

YESS a video about linux

[@newname8988]

Instead of removing the internal mic and webcam. Simply buy a jack jammer and a webcam cover, costs are like $5 in total and you keep your warranty. Could also do it for a free by taking some old headphones cut the jack off and duct tape the webcam. The real security concern is internal speakers, due to ultrasonic cross-device tracking, deanonymization and so on, but if you microphone jam all your devices, you should be okay.

[@Mario583a]

Ooorr just disable them via the Device Manager.

[@pineappleroad]

I already use firefox (but strangely enough not for the reason you might be thinking... its so that my bookmarks syncronise across different platforms) I also have pretty much all of the privacy settings in windows turned off, the ONLY exceptions being webcam and microphone, the reason for that is i have a desktop pc, and i can literally just unplug those devices when i dont need them (in fact, right now my PC doesnt even have a webcam or microphone connected, and even though i have a headset which has a mic, the headset has a mechanical switch to disable the mic, and i also have it connected to the audio device that i use, which doesnt even support a mic, let alone a headset mic) I also have a KVM switch, the audio device i mentioned above is connected between the display and the KVM switch, the audio goes to it over HDMI Once i eventually get a seperate PC for linux, and also a Mac Mini, then those will also be connected to the KVM switch (and i am planning on having things set up so that the webcam and mic are connected through the KVM switch, and then through a USB switcher thingy, which will act kind of like a hardware switch for the webcam and microphone I wont be using a dual boot for 2 reasons: 1: the time when i put a dual boot on my current PC, after a while i found myself not wanting to use the linux install on it because i would have to reboot to switch operating systems 2: linux messed with the hardware clock, causing windows to not display the correct time, which actually resulted in me getting confused EDIT: a list of software i use: Firefox, LibreOffice, VLC media player, OBS Studio EDIT 2: just now when i tried to go into network settings, the settings app was crashing, so i had to reboot my PC to fix it EDIT 3: I dont use any sort of encryption with my desktop computers (or the USB backup drives for the desktop computers) I do remember something intresting from when i was at college, there was 1 single laptop with windows 10, which had Bitlocker on it I do not know why that laptop had bitlocker on it, especially as none of the other laptops had bitlocker, but the funniest thing of all, was the bitlocker password was TAPED to the computer, i cant remember exactly what the password what it said, but i recall at the top of the slip of paper it said something like "remember and destroy"

[@electricalbatross5797]

How likely are we going to see an updated video for the upcoming Windows 11 releases?

[@samhuan5494]

16:50 snip snip section - where are the bugs located in the PC? looks like that was a motherboard? Also monitors have built-in mics? How to remove that?

[@I_Play_Minecraft]

simply snip snip

[@gohancomfejao]

great content! subscribing now

[@OmegaMusicYT]

I recommend everyone interested in privacy to use Windows 10 AME. Its a lightweight version of Windows 10 with telemetry disabled, no auto OS updates and no bloatware at all. You can build it yourself following a guide that is availiable in the website or just download the ISO and flash it into your system using a USB and something like rufus.

[@OmegaMusicYT]

Direct X12 games and Adobe Apps work flawlessly on the latest AME build but you will have to use an alternative to Microsoft Office like LibreOffice or Google Docs. It is still worth it, Ive been using it for gaming for the last year or so. Just use snappy driver installer for the drivers (there is no auto driver update on AME) and you are good to go. More secure, more private and it feels really really responsive and fast opening apps and browsing the web

[@meenapatil9377]

I saw Google's ad on this one... Are we changing our alligence ?

[@TILR]

When it comes to 2fa what's the view on using Bitwarden's built in 2fa instead of a separate app?

[@Uranone1]

Will you make a new video for Windows 11? Love your videos bro.

[@avxway]

I use Arch btw.

[@rohitrajak5128]

🤣

[@nethiyashwanth124]

I use Debian btw.

[@celesteamadorr]

Is this guide still relevant? I’ve been following your channel for couple years now. Maybe doing an updated version of this guides would be great. Thanks for the content

[@eniggma9353]

Since you sell "delete facebook" stickers, I had to sub.

[@ethimself5064]

Does not encryption including Bitlocker slow things down a great deal at times, like Windows Updates etc? I turned off my Search Indexing due to this, most of the time ok, but with various downloads, pain in the but slow and one can not manage its resources like in 10 Updates. Great channel👍

[@alphaomega5878]

Techlore! Can you do a vfio kvm tutorial, including for systemd?

[@venomx2131]

Please make a video on KZbin vanced and brave browser it is safe to use or not its an open source application please make a deeply analyzed video on it

[@fahadtech1]

Thank you Henry 👍

[@mmathews7724]

Excellent video! I've been using microsoft office word/excel (home & student and not the microsoft subscription) for so many years now I'm held hostage being I'm so used to using it. Is there a privacy issue with microsoft office word/excel or is there a more private alternative such as free alternatives like Libre Office? Im worried switching to a free alternative software will have new privacy issues being "free" typically always comes with hurting your privacy.

[@finnmonstar]

LibreOffice is FOSS. It's not like Discord or Spotify (these are proprietary, but mostly free). LibreOffice doesn't have any telemetry. Just look into the code.

[@aryanjohnsharma]

Does this video needs a new make for windows 11

[@davidbeckham4082]

Thank you🤜🤛

[@asgeirruriel2549]

thank you there are alots of thing a need to do

[@agentfennec812]

In my opinion win10 can get around medium security at os level, but it is very hard and not worth it, as if you have those skills you defo can get Linux. And if your getting a new laptop or pc I recommend getting one from a company you can get your preferred Distribution, like star lab, or laptop with linux for laptops, idk about any pc ones, my preferred distro is only used on them. And if you know how to install Linux but can’t do many of this but want medium-high security I recommend just using Linux, and if you cannot try your best till you get a new computer with Linux on it.

[@SCTproductionsJ5]

Windows is stuck in the past by not requiring individual permissions. ...isn't Linux also stuck in the past in the same way?

[@finnmonstar]

You really dont need that on Linux. You get most of the packages from a repository, so there are low chances of unwanted programs or spyware showing up. (even pwned software btw)

[@SCTproductionsJ5]

@@finnmonstar ah, yes, so using Spotify, for example, or any other closed-source software, is going to be okay on Linux somehow? My point is that Linux needs permissions and not assume by default that you'd only put safe software on your computer, especially when you consider Apple and Google have it implemented in their operating systems... and they're out to get your data!

[@finnmonstar]

@@SCTproductionsJ5 Doesn't Flatpak kinda solve that?

[@nuudul7639]

You can use clamav instead of proprietary antiviruses or windows defender

[@realista182]

i noticed from comparisons that the virus removal and find rate is very poor.... comparing others AV

[@WanderingAroundAZ]

Switched to MacOS. Fooled around with Linux but we just weren't compatible. Secretly having an affair with Windows behind Mac's back...shhhh. (Don't worry, we're using protection.)

[@davidgrohman6205]

What do you think about Sandboxie?

[@togwam]

Or if you're on Windows 10/11 Pro Windows Sandbox?

[@darrenmajor4811]

I need help my machine I came and put in the password being blocked or can I put one in 10 minutes and it's on walking and somebody else's got it I don't understand it all the time on New Year's Eve I was being attacked

[@julyseng5653]

How you turn off sysc from Antroid phone. I turn it off then it come back? Why. Please make one video, thank you.

[@bas7545]

I was waiting for this 😂

[@utkarshsend7388]

@Techlore please make videos on how to self host NextCloud and Searx.

[@Bond2025]

no audio on the video!

[@idcrafter-cgi]

this is impossible to make it really safe or fully private and for macs is it even worse because it emits BLE beacons that travel up to 15 meters and can be logged by every Bluetooth adapter near those devices and the beacon thing is also true for apple phones and tablets, i noticed that because i was near a lot off apple devices and wanted to pair my Pine64 PineTime to my Pine64 PinePhone and the Bluetooth discovery tool showed me a lot of mac addresses and those aren't shown on Android or IOS devices

[@10meisterballe]

The computer I bought had BitLocker enabled by default (also it had Windows 10 Home)

[@TALKCalgary]

Why would anyone pay for an OS that is loaded with adware and lacks even basic security? I use Linux but not just because of its security but because I find it a lot less complicated than windows. I just bought a new laptop that came windows 10 pro. When I loaded it up I was faced with total information overload crappy icons everywhere and a mass of ads and junk news popping up all over the screen. It was like a visual nightmare.

[@hkiajtaqks5253]

great advise ... but why pimp Brave over Firefox?

[@bigroddempsey4082]

Firefox is WAY better for raw security, that's the one thing that threw me off

[@10-volt]

@my burner google account what does brave have to do with google

[@mik3923]

if not Linux, MAC or Windows?

[@kyesickhead7008]

Well shit, my entire life is on Google and Windows. Now I feel like shit...

[@Johnhasa1]

Can I delete Microsoft edge from my computer?

[@Johnhasa1]

How do i switch from a Microsoft account to a local account without losing my apps? [Edit:] for anyone else who didn't know, you can just go into your account settings and switch to a local account without losing any apps.

[@AZ-rl7pg]

The only reason I still use windows is because a core program (Predator Sense) for my laptop isn't available on linux and without it I cannot use/customize RGB, overclocking and fan controls. If someone managed to port it over I would switch back to Linux (Pop OS) in a heart beat

[@alenn6845]

There is a prgram for linux to run windows programs, you have to look up how it is called

[@Slimothy]

"raw turkey" phrase makes me uncomfortable lmao

[@rohitrajak5128]

Custom ISO using Major geeks toolkit is a good one as well.

[@TheElijahMinistries]

May you be empowered by The Kingdom of Light to Shine iN the Dark Places.

[@debsattam1]

Well you can run a complete linux kernel bypassing the windows nt kernel inside a windows OS now so why not try that and *Shift to linux*

[@chuctanundaspiderbone5407]

Yes, and maybe those prospective Linux users just need their graphics cards and peripherals to work, and to access their work, which is stored on NTFS drives. So tired of distro hopping just to be disappointed again that the famed Linux support for graphics, NTFS, Bluetooth & other peripherals are just not ready for prime time. This is not the fault of Linux developers & community. They have made heroic efforts to improve Linux's usability for average computer users. This is the result of our society's decision to invest in corporations to build a wall of proprietary obfuscation and then pirate our data to make even more money throwing us to the wolves. I don't know the solution, but it should not be up to individual users with nickle & dime contributions to fund Open Source. We need a society-wide mechanism for funding & supporting opensource development of both hardware and software, and legal and economic structures that favor the Open Source ethos, make data piracy as a business model illegal, and safeguard transparency and privacy. In our current political environment, I don't see that happening soon. :( Keep fighting the good fight.

[@piezoelectron]

Do you think something like coreboot is mostly paranoia territory? Currently on the fence about this -- thank you!!

[@snowstrobe]

I have to have a windows puter still, as only it or apple can talk to my stupid printer. Last month it completely locked itself down and won't connect online, apparently it's stuck in 'flightmode'. But it was the final straw, I shoved it in the corner and have ignored it, at some point I'll put linux on it I guess, when I can be arsed. I generally resent every second I spend on IT shit, so I'm not a fan of linux either.

[@guilherme5094]

Nice.

[@julyseng5653]

I frequently asked to remove tape from my camera. Why?

[@0xc4ae1e5]

Maybe someone installed a spy app and get mad because they can't see anything.

[@10meisterballe]

well... sadly firefox doesn't support PWA's. I'd need to use Edge or Brave

[@finnmonstar]

ungoogled-chromium is your best choice.

[@ComputerGuruPaddy]

Switch from chrome to brave not the other way around.

[@nikolaisafronov3452]

System logs are helpful for troubleshooting, do not touch them

[@Luis-hy5jr]

Is it worth to purchase a VPN service for an average home user?

[@sammydepresso]

Linux is unusable for me so thanks for this

[@rbq426]

Still great advice in general #raisedontechlore

[@evodefense]

thx

[@CoasterMan13Official]

I hate people who tell me "jUST uSe lInUx!" I take a lot of pride in my OS!

[@peterprivacy5034]

Right on cue ;-)

[@ruuji.]

Finally

[@barbyboi]

I just deleted all my social media, now I can't waych the video:(

[@durschfalltv7505]

Man i use ame cause i want to be part of de cool kiiiiiids. Man my security updates are only 3 weeks oudated. I will update them in 11 wekss. thats every 3months man that noice. And of course i have epicgames and discord and steam installed. Also some other apps which i forgot about. Exept for some monero miners i havent installed any malware. i am almost certain

[@okbie2272]

😆 privacy on windows? , lol

[@danielwing6755]

tellem

[@redeyesdrogon786]

Zone 2 music reminded me of Daft Punk I see what Techlore did there. He is also hurt about Daft Punk RIP French Robots.

[@PGcrazy6]

Henry, thank u again, more great info from you as always. I'm concerned, please help, I saw a video on Windows Defender itself is apparently it's pretty good but from what I understand only when linked to the cloud and or when internet is turned on - did I misunderstand something. I am total newly with my 1st ever laptop purchase 1 week ago. I watched a VIDEO from - The PC SECURITY CHANNEL (Windows Defender vs Ransomware 2021). My interpretation thot on the vid , do I need to get a Microsoft email account and hook up to ONE DRIVE to make my Windows Defender better ??? AND , why would I need to turn off my internet on my new laptop/more to the point, I thought the point of antivirus or anti-malware would automatically kill and remove all viruses I don't like the idea of a couple of them sitting dormant on my laptop and then turning it off and on is that enough time for the internet to be off and they attack my laptop ??? I ALMOST FORGOT, do VPN's work on new WIFI 6 ? And wouldn't the new Microsoft Edge be better then Chromium?

[@poetrydlove]

Who the fuck are those five people, who have disliked

[@infotruther]

Don't used tor use tails.

[@oliviadrinkwine1411]

Or my school requires me to use shitows (yes that's what I call windows because after windows 7 it went downhill big time).

[@krishna7180]

Hey

[@LummyTum]

lol google verified you

[@jakkiryanov9859]

Even with this guide Windows 10 will still collect data, its necessary to follow fdossena guides along with setting up a Pilhole with a Windows 10 blocklist

[@GabrielNemeth]

Don't give me hope.

[@10meisterballe]

Linux isn't that complicated anymore, the only downside is that you need to install it.

[@marconyewtv4477]

I love Windows AME

[@Juan-kd5nz]

You CUTE! :)

[@ritzvincentculanag2977]

1000

[@dyroblesmercedes]

Privacy in Windows, lol

[@flashking107]

#1 tip: uninstall windows

[@mattzrsimon]

Remove Tux from your channel pic AT ONCE! Traitor!