Hey /g/ I'm a Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC user I've done virtually everything to minimize bloatware and to work on my privacy privacy concerns but I know that there are things that are far out of your reach unless you switch to Linux like most would recommend you to.NSA and American intelligence is always finding exploits and backdoors like they did with Eternal Blue and Eternal Romance but the point is to prevent from becoming a victim of for example WannaCry or Not_Petya because of these exploits being leaked to the wrong people. What tools have you ran upon installing Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC to regain your privacy? And what do you do to avoid becoming a victim of cyber warfare?I'd like to use this thread to discuss these matters as I'm very interested in these types of topics and I'm trying to improve my own security sense as well without having to switch to Linux (although in the back of my mind the thought of just using Linux is always there).
You installed an OS made by one of the biggest data harvesting companies on the planet and you're asking how to get privacy? It's like you bought a ticket for a cruise on the Titanic and now you're asking the crew where the best lifeboats are. You made your choice when you ran the installer.
>>107004228But there are ways out right or ways to minimize the risk of getting data hoarded or getting your privacy fucked over?
>>107004228>troonix troon joins another thread to start flamewars instead of being useful for once in his life
>>107004247He's not wrong you kind of signed your own death contract by installing a operating system that's known for hoarding your data but then again the reason why I made this question was to look if there are ways to minimize this even if it's just a notch without having to switch operating systems.
>>107004048>have to use adobe for my jobit's over
>>107004332I don't have to use any of that luckily let alone Microsoft products that's why Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is so convenient. Whatever you need you can just install.
>>107004048You're kind of mistaking security for privacy. If you want to protect yourself from russian script kiddie malware and such then unironically your best bet is to keep your shit up to date, run scans once in a while and not touch sketchy shit. If you want security against government agents then there's not much you can do with your regular ol' windows computer and that topic goes way too deep to cover here.Now, if you want to improve your PRIVACY on your windows machine there are a couple of things you can do but like the other anon said it's way better if you just hop over to linux (and deal with the problems that comes with). Disabling telemetry with O&O Shutup10, WPD, running a firewall like simplewall and using a privacy respecting browser will give you a pretty private experience. A big part of privacy is having decent OPSEC though, so you can study that elsewhere.
>>107004247I hate the condescending culture of Linux users... But he is literally right. At this point using Windows, after everything jeetcrosoft has done, is just Stockholm Syndrome.
>>107004048>I'd like to use this thread to discuss these mattersOk, fine. When it comes to privacy and security you should first do an assess of your risk level. - How much privacy+security do you need? - Why do you need that much? - What are you doing or what are you protecting? - Who are you protecting it from? All of these questions can help you measure your usecase and needs. For example if you want to protect information about what you do from the NSA and other 'american intelligence' then you outright should stop using computers and smartphones because the very silicon they use is already backdoored. Unless you're using some sort of open source hardware+software with no backdoors which you're certain is under your control, then you won't be able to hide from the govt. Look at happened to Snowder. There are levels you won't be able to reach tho, like hiding who you are, since the govt already has your info the very moment you're born and if you have an ID/license/whatever then they have you. You'd need to be a foreign spy to be able to "hide yourself" But those I mentioned are ultra extreme cases. If you're someone normal just looking to protect yourself from malware, spyware, data leaks then that's much more doable, you just have to know what's possible and what not. For example if you want to keep your data from Microsoft the first step is just not use Microsoft stuff, of any kind. No Windows, Outlook, Office, Linkedin, Xbox, Teams, Onedrive, Swiftkey, VSCode, Minecraft, Edge, etc. And the same goes for Google or Apple. As you can imagine is stupidly hard to not use any kind of product made by all of FAGMAN companies, so the logical step would be to reduce it as much as possible (ie. You won't be able to escape google search since 90% of the internet has their shit embedded one way or another, your browser WILL have cookies from them, collecting everything you browse. But you can not login to it, so the data is temporary and useless after short)
>>107004715Cont. The next step is to containerize that which you can't escape, like I said, google search the quintessential example. It is everywhere. You can't escape it but you can confine it to not login in to it, using a dedicated browser for "sensible" stuff and erasing cookies constantly, never typing personal information into it. One way I've found to making this easy is having a dedicated "risky machine" that is, it's a Windows/Mac which has the software I need to run for my job. There, I'm logged in to my personal email and accounts I need to do my real life stuff, banking, govt paperwork, etc. I never use this machine for anything sensible nor "shady", not even browsing 4chan. It is the most boring piece of hardware ever, literally john don levels of normie. And I only connect it to the internet when I want to do something.Then on my other computers I use all kinds of shit like VPNs, open source software, and all kinds of security measures I can do to not leak my data like location to the internet in general. I never log in with real life emails or credentials. I always use aliases, nicknames, fake information, a whole persona show, different burner emails I've made along the years. Things like firefox relay and email aliases are really good at keeping pesky sites from getting any of your emails. I could go on and on but you get the idea. The goal is to keeping yourself separated from your online self, putting as little information about you online, and in some instances trying to "hide in plain sight". Some more acknowledged anons could call me a retard but this is what I've found so far. So it'd be interesting to know what more could be done.
