I'm a PC gamer. I have Windows 10 installed. If you think sticking with Windows 7, 8.1, or Vista, XP, 95, or whatever for that matter keeps you from the prying eyes of "the man"... You are wrong. Period. If you truly care about privacy go off the grid. I also care about privacy, but being a gamer and limited to Windows for the most part (lots of games, I have a problem, don't judge) I don't have a huge say in the matter. When I want to be more secure I use Linux on my laptop. I'm not condoning the state of things, I just don't want people to think that staying with an outdated OS will keep them "safe" because the fact is, it won't. Short of going completely off the grid, there's not a lot the average Joe can do about it. Oh, and you can uninstall Solitaire. I welcome any privacy tips in the comments for those interested.
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[–] arrggg 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Great links!
The Group Policy settings to make it stop searching the web for everything are exactly what I have been searching for. That hosts file for blocking all microsoft servers is awesome too.