Maybe1day

I've got an Android phone and I use Droidwall, It is excellent, nothing gets through at all. You can allow Access to the programs/apps that you want and block EVERYTHING else.
The downside is that I have installed whatsapp but I can't get it to work, says it can't connect to https://mobile.twitter etc......

Maybe1day

I should add that my phone is rooted, but I think that has a bearing on mobiles not tablets unless they are also mobiles.

Maybe1day

It looks like there the connections between Win10 and the NSA are being confirmed by evermore sources.
Here are a few interesting notes,-
Microsoft's Windows 10 Preview has permission to watch your every move- The Inquirer
There is loads of stuff about Win10 and the NSA on the Net.

Dick Dasterdly

Pretty much as mentioned in the first few posts.

I always thought that Orwells 1984 would never come to pass, in the sense that people would always be able to enjoy a reasonable degree of privacy within the confines of their homes.
However after reading about what Microsoft are up to, I really begin to wonder.

Rosemary

Somehow Windows 10 has managed to lose my contacts list and so far I have not been able to sort the problem out.

Rosemary

Mitzyboy

Any more news as to how people got on with this? I still haven't upgraded as although I have full back ups of my PC, you never know how good a backup is until you have to use it

Fredbargate

I'm having trouble as I cannot locate my Bluetooth device in Win 10

So I have just reset the PC back to original Win 8.1 with no issues.

However still cannot find Bluetooth

Maybe1day

I think you probably need to reinstall the BT drivers, I had to do this several times in the last year with the normal win8.1 upgrades. Have a look in your System and its Hardware. I'm still getting pestered with W10 messages to upgrade which I ignore. After my one and only W10 aborted (by W10) upgrade attempt it automatically deleted itself which was it's best feature. However it did take a few drivers with it here and there, notably Motorola ones.

Mitzyboy

They went to 10.1 though didnt they, which was supposed to sort out the issues?

Maybe1day

I don't know or care now, I've just run "I don't want win10.exe" and the Icon and reminders etc appear to have gone.
I noticed something odd yesterday which said that google was recording keystrokes in order to improve their services!!!!!!!
WTF is this? Let's have your passwords mateys, Then the NSA or Mafia can DO YOU really well.

Fredbargate

I'm in the process of reinstalling Win 10 on my laptop ( after deleting yesterday )

It has come up with an agreement I must accept if I live in or work in the USA. I don't so I didn't accept. Result I can't have Win 10.

Therefore no option but to accept this agreement that I don't remember seeing the first time I installed Win 10.

amideislas

Speaking of all this spyware, I have an android pad, which auto-updates apps from time to time (actually, quite often).

Anyway, whenever an app update requires additional access to something that requires your permission, I am informed that this app requires my permission BEFORE it will update the app. All well and good, except...

If I ignore the "app update requires new permissions" message for more than a day, it will automatically update the app anyway. Without my permission.

I can't imagine this is legal, and I can't find anything that allows me to manage this specific behaviour.

I too am wary of all this nonsense. I therefore never use my real name in any sign-ons or accounts, and never use online banking or enter any sensitive information from my pad. But I do notice that despite these evasive manoeuvres, Facebook (which I don't use and have no Facebook account) and Linked in (I do use, but never from my pad) both seem to know exactly who I am. By name. They obviously are reading my private emails (surely robotically), because my email addresses also bear no resemblance to my real identity. Only the content of the emails could reveal this personal information.

I find this all very disconcerting. There seems to be no escape.

Fredbargate

At my age death is the ultimate escape route

lutonlad

I agree.

I'm an ex network/IT engineer. My training was based on strict and predictable protocol standards. However, these days I am very nervous about the implications of internet and social media usage. How the hell my personal data is exchanged and used is often beyond me.

My spam box in Gmail is constantly growing. OK they're being filtered out but I'm still worried that they are being sent to me in the first place.
I would like to use a different account, but it's a big hassle changing. Especially when the account drives my Android device as well.

Maybe1day

My Pc did another update yesterday and you know what, I've got all the win10 crap back again. Now I have blocked updates from the system and in the Update menu which it did not seem to accept.
There was also another message "Windows updates might update itself automatically first when checking for other updates" this is a nasty one!
I hope I have stopped it checking!
I will now run "I don't want win 10.exe" again.