Good news!

Let me preface this; if you have the option, you should just move away from Windows altogether.

Despite Microsoft removing the "bypassnro.cmd" script from Windows 11 with a recent update, you can still set up the system and create a local user without having a MS account.

Do not ...

The OTF is being run by the US Agency for Global Media, said agency has just been incapacitated as they lost virtually all funding.

Among others the OTF provides funding for:

OpenVPN
Let's Encrypt
Tor
Quad9-DNS
F-Droid
Mailvelope (OpenPGP encryption for Webmail)
Tails (portable OS with ...

So various outlets say different things about this.

Fact is that this is being installed on Android 9+ devices with 2+GB of memory by the Google Play Services and is being classified as a system service.
Here is what Google has to say: Google Security Blog Documentation

I don't want to reiterate ...

Learn about how statistics can be (ab)used to manipulate you and others.

An interactive site by FlowingData showcasing and explaining various ways that charts and publications can mislead you.

This might be more of a "Cool Website" mods please don't spank too hard

"avoidthehack" compared 38 different browsers that are known for or said to have good privacy features.
It's a comprehensive table that imo gives a good overview especially for anyone looking for a good option for their ...

I would imagine that just like most people out there YOU also don't like MS Copilot!?

Neither does the underground resistance of sensible people who have infiltrated Microsoft and are rolling out some updates to fix the mess that MS has made of their products. :lol:
Or it might just be a bug, but ...

When it comes to location data and AR scans of pretty much everywhere I think Pokemon Go's privacy policy might be interesting. Especially given Niantic's recent sale to a state backed investment fund.

Amazon has announced that starting March 28th, even for users who have previously opted out, all processing of audio for Echo devices will be cloud based. There is no longer an option for on-device processing.
This applies to every single interaction with the speaker and is being rolled out in ...

I am missing the Notion Privacy Policy on this list.
The app is really popular, even a bunch of people here use it and link to Notion sites, but they have some questionable practices or at least leave themselves the option to do questionable things with your data.

I don't know much about Samsung TVs in general, mine isn't Samsung and I just set the default output to one of the HDMIs with a local media server attached.

But overall there are some smart home devices that I haven't found (or haven't had the time for) good DIY replacements for. I just put them in ...