Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Windows 10 Enterprise + https://www.w10privacy.de/english-home/ + https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/manage-windows-21h2-endpoints to disable all spyware.
Don't that there are some services that require a bit of work, for instance Windows gets time from MS servers, you can change that. There are other calls home for things such as updates, SSL certificate revocations and whatnot.
I found this list on their site. I didn't verify if the ips match though.
Another way to solve this problem might be to block your MAC address at a router level (then unblock while booting).
Another way to solve this problem might be to block your MAC address at a router level (then unblock while booting).
Windows will eventually retry those calls once it has internet.
Thanks for the list. I will try the mac address block on the router idea for windows and set a non default mac address when linux boots.
Another option would be to run windows in a VM
I do that as well. I just use dual boot windows for samsung disk tools and logitech software. Couldn't get either to work in a vm.
Ok, so i guess you're dual boot. So in Windows, Device manager, find your network device and disable it there. It shouldnt ever reenable itself on its own.
Microsoft IPs blocklists exist, though I havent used them. I imagine they update frequently. Adguard home or pihole have good uses but itll need an always on device to run it.
A simpler idea which should be a 20 minute turn around to do, amd will cost you nothing would be either:
Yes, dual boot. It is a Dell Optiplex. Windows re-enables devices disabled in device manager.