German developer Ashampoo has shipped Ashampoo AntiSpy for Windows 10, yet another free tool for tweaking Windows 10’s many privacy and security settings.
There’s support for tweaking 40+ options covering browsing, updates, location features, webcam/ microphone access, Cortana, Contacts and Calendar, and assorted telemetry settings.
Experts can toggle each setting individually, and there are also options to disable everything, or all but a few core technologies.
Safety features include a prompt to create a System Restore point before you start, and an option to restore the default Windows settings if everything goes wrong.
The interface is simple and straightforward, and as it’s just a single 279KB executable, AntiSpy is easy to carry around.
Ashampoo AntiSpy for Windows 10 isn’t exactly revolutionary, but it’s a good example of the type, which offers plenty of control over your settings, and can help you recover if you accidentally disable something important. Give it a try, if you’re interested -- or just wait a week or two, there will probably be something similar along very soon.
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