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👀👮🐢🔥Performs a privacy & security check of Windows 10

8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 0 stories, 8 comments · first 2021-02-06 · latest 2026-09-04

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  1. …after it's installed is always bad business. https://wpd.app works well too for extra telemetry and https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla still works with Windows 11 but again autounattend.xml works magic.
  2. …devs with commercial interest in shipping a quality freebie that publicizes their other software) https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla and https://wpd.app/ (both not super maintained)
    comment by ronjouch · 2023-04-18 · in The Windows 11 Trash Party
  3. …10 but I think they don't support Windows 11 yet. [0] https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 [1] https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla
  4. …works on Windows 11, but you might find the relevant registry keys mentioned in the code helpful: https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla/blob/master/src/P...
  5. There are tools for this, don't go alone (block telemetry via hosts file): https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla
  6. …[1] helps with many nuisances. Among others, you can block Edge installation with it. [1] https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla
  7. …GUI: https://github.com/builtbybel/bloatbox They have also made a privacy and security related app https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla
    comment by whocanfly · 2021-06-01 · in Reclaim Windows10
  8. best privacy/debloating app to me is Privatezilla. So it seems to be from the same dev. didn't know https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla
    comment by jonny77 · 2021-02-06 · in SharpApp