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Improve Windows 7, 8.1 privacy with DoNotSpy78

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Windows is constantly gathering information about users andsends it back to Microsoft, allegedly for improving the user experience. Many users don’t like the idea of their activities being tracked and the good news is that there are many third-party software packages available that improve your system’s privacy.

Usually, users make a fuss aboutWindows 10 privacy, but previous Windows versions also collect information about you, although not as much and as intrusively as Microsoft’s latest OS does. If you’re running Windows 10 and you want to protect your privacy, we recommend you check out our list of thebest privacy protection softwareavailable for this OS version.

If you haven’t upgraded, and you’re runningWindows 7or Windows 8.1, we have a good piece of news for you as well. You can install DoNotSpy78 and allow this tool to prevent Windows 7 or 8.1 from threatening your privacy.

Microsoft added many new so called diagnostic features from Windows 10 to older versions of the OS viaWindows Update. As stated before, the tech company reassures its users that these tools are used only to provide a better service. However, some of these features are highly intrusive andrecord your keyboard input, your speech, scour the content of your messages, and so on.

DoNotSpy78 allows you to choose what information to share with Microsoft, and what parts of you computer these diagnostic tools can access.

Here’s what features DoNotSpy78 brings:

DoNotSpy78 has a simple, easy to use interface. The items colored in green are safe to disable, while those colored in red, such as Windows Defender, could cause various OS issues if disabled.

You can downloadDoNotSpy78for free from Pxc-coding. Take note that this software comes with adware, but you can get an adware free installer is you donate to the developer of this tool.

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Madalina Dinita

Networking & Security Specialist

Madalina has been a Windows fan ever since she got her hands on her first Windows XP computer.

She is interested in all things technology, especially emerging technologies – AI and DNA computing in particular.

Prior to joining the WindowsReport team, she worked in the corporate world for a number of years.

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Madalina Dinita

Networking & Security Specialist

Madalina is a Windows fan since forever, especially interested in AI, emerging technologies, privacy, and security.