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Guys, use Firefox, seal it up, control autoscripts, and then
Ghostery, NoScript and Better_Privacy as addons.

When stuff comes from Microsoft, they lie about it if there is a chance you might not like what they say, and completely profile you, you cannot switch it off. When it comes from Google, you get sold, profiled, and again you cannot switch it off. I know the nice buttons they have added there . They are not as functional as you believe. Dummy-switches, so to speak.

Also avoid products from Adobe.

Those using older versions of Windows: SWITCH OFF Windows upgrades. From next month, you are no longe i n control of updates on lower Windows versions as well,, they have reversely put so much W10 tech into W7 now, that it does the same mean tricks and bad stuff than W10 itself - you get cumulative updates now, enforced and without chance to refuse them or to choose between them. That means you must swallow all the broken updates harming your mahcine as well. And you ust wait until the next cimultive update for hotfixes. And you cannot refuse more spyware beign installed on your system under intentionally misleading claims and descriptions. Oh, and most patch descriptions will no longer be given anyway.

The mighty have not "fallen", Neal, and they were not brought down by somebody else. Microsoft ruined its market for browsers and OS all by itself. They ignored Firefox for too long and did not react with according security and privacy features, and they intentionally designed W8 and W10 to be what they are. The fall is all home-made.

And always remember that Microsoft must operate under US laws. You can take it for granted that data colelcted form you NEVER will be deleted, and will find its way to government offices if they ever decide to turn against you in some matter they deem to be justifying it. Woody and me agreed on that most likely the NSA secret society has demanded Microsoft to build all these enforced backdoors and data gathering features into it. Mind you also it is official NSA policy to enforce that it can access any existing computer system, private business and government alike, whenever it wants, whereever it wants. The secret courts there are can enforce compliance of MS and other such companies. They can also enforce that silence is kept over it.

If you want to defend your privacy, do not accept software options by American companies, but find non-American and open source alternatives. Avoid what falls under US law's jurisdiction.