All Windows 10 app’s have been removed using 3rd party privacy tools. I am using 3rd party programs for windows 10 privacy settings and only browsing with Firefox and Brave browsers. ![]() Privazer program will clean this and other dat files in use by windows 10. Windows 10 does cookies in a different way now, using “C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache\WebCacheV01.dat” to store them. If they are so safe and harmless why can’t we see exactly what is in them! 380 plus cookies from using 3 windows apps(weather, news, money). But of course we are supposed to take it for granted that all cookies are safe and harmless. Using BrowsingHistoryView I could see how all 3 items are tracked, meaning anything I do off the internet is tracked. So I opened 2 locally stored video’s and had this document open and Windows 10 tracked all 3 things as thought it was an internet tracking event. The biggest surprise is that windows is tracking any locale file opened. It’s amazing how many cookies are showing up (380+) after using these app’s. Opening windows apps is just like opening a browser with out giving you the option to block cookies if you want. As far as I can tell setting Edge to no cookies does not carry over to other windows app’s. In other words Edge is the only windows program/app that allows you to say no cookies. Cookies are generated by those app’s and I am sure other’s to. Using EdgeCookiesView will show all Windows apps like Edge, Weather app(weather news section), News app, Money app. Windows 10 is auto generating cookies before I ever open a browser. Other privacy settingsįor other privacy settings not mentioned above, there are no steps you can take to ensure desktop apps do not access personal data without your awareness unless you choose not to install or use the app.Using the first 3 programs listed above I can tell some of what Microsoft Windows 10 is tracking. ![]() For more comprehensive protection of your personal data associated with these settings, you could consider disabling these devices, such as disconnecting or disabling your camera or microphone. For example, an app that also installs a driver could interact directly with your camera or microphone hardware, bypassing the ability of Windows to control the access. Some desktop apps may not be affected by turning off these privacy settings. Camera, Microphone, and other privacy settings tied directly to a peripheral device However, doing so will also impair other experiences such as calling (including emergency calling), messaging, internet connectivity, and connecting to peripheral devices like your headphones. For more comprehensive protection of your location, you could consider disabling radio-based components of your device such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular modem, and GPS components, which might be used by an app to determine your precise location. Microsoft requires third-party software developers that develop apps for our Microsoft Store or develop apps using Microsoft tools to respect the Windows location settings unless you’ve provided any legally required consent to have the third-party developer determine your location. LocationĮven when you’ve turned off the device location setting, some third-party apps and services could use other technologies (such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular modem, etc.) to determine your device’s location with varying degrees of accuracy. ![]() There are varying degrees of exceptions to how a desktop app may access and use personal data on the device beyond the privacy controls available in Windows. To further reduce the risk that an app or service can access personal data when a privacy setting is off, you should only install apps and services from trusted sources. You should also check if the desktop apps you have installed have provided their own options to control access to personal data. Please read the privacy policies of any desktop app you install to learn more about how they might use personal data stored on your device. Why do some apps in the Microsoft Store say “Provided and updated by” the app’s developer?Īpps that have this label are downloaded from the developer’s website and updated by the developer, instead of being updated through the Microsoft Store. MSI, or .DLL file, and they typically run on your device, unlike web-based apps (which run in the cloud). They can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store, downloaded from the internet, or installed with some type of media (such as a CD, DVD, or USB storage device). Desktop apps also won’t appear in the list of apps in the privacy settings pages that allows you to choose which apps can use data associated with that privacy setting. Some desktop apps may not even ask for permission to get access to personal data stored on your device. Desktop apps are a specific type of app that won’t ask for permission to access data associated with privacy settings in Windows.
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