Tip 5: Curb Cortana to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
Cortana is a virtual assistant that performs various tasks on behalf of the user, such as setting reminders and answering questions. Though it is a useful app, it collects a good amount of information from the user. This can result in your privacy being exposed. So, to turn it off, go to Settings > Apps > Apps & features. Find Cortana from the list of apps, click on it, and then click on Advanced options.
Under Runs at log-in > Cortana, you will see a button. Turn it off to prevent Cortana from getting automatically started when you log in to your PC.
How to Protect Your Privacy on Windows?
We use Windows in our way. We search for various things on the web, install several apps on our computers, watch our favourite videos, and do many more things. Usually, we want to keep all of our activities private. In other words, we want them to be restricted to ourselves. But often, some settings on our PC cause our privacy to be exposed to third-party applications, which is not at all a good thing.
In today’s article, we are going to look at 9 Tips on how to protect your privacy on Windows and keep your online activities safe and secure. Let’s get started.
Table of Content
- Tip 1: Turn off the Advertising ID to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 2: Turn off Location Tracking to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 3: Turn off Activity History to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 4: Turn off Diagnostic Data to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 5: Curb Cortana to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 6: Change App Permissions to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 7: Turn off Inking & Typing Personalization to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 8: Turn off App Diagnostics to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 9: Changing Browser’s Search Engine Settings to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
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