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Privacy continues to be a major concern for Windows 10 users. Learn how to adjust the setting that could give away your location.–PC Pitstop<\/i><\/p>\n

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Windows 10 Exposes Your Location<\/h4>\n

By Dave Taylor<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The Question: I hear that there are a bunch of privacy settings in Windows 10 \u2013 WIn10 \u2013 that I should check, particularly \u201cLocation\u201d. Can you walk me through the process?
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Dave’s Answer: <\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s always been a conflict between large corporations wanting to make your data and information available to advertisers and Web sites and us users who would actually prefer to have things err on the side of more privacy than less privacy. Is what you\u2019re doing online so dangerous? Does it matter? I know that if I understand what I get out of the transaction, I\u2019m often quite willing to share information like my geographic location, but having everything happen secretly, behind the scenes, is very frustrating!<\/p>\n

Worse, Microsoft has previously landed in a lot of hot water with default privacy settings that change, and it\u2019s done so again with Windows 10. I know because I have all the default settings and yes, you really should go in and change \u2019em.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with Location\u2026Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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