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is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - koovoo - Jul 22, 2025
Question in the title
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - Rax_ - Jul 22, 2025
What do you mean by anonymous? You will need to elaborate further if you want people to answer as you could mean multiple different things by this.
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - DeathPenalty666 - Jul 22, 2025
windows and anonymous its 2 totally uncompatible term!!!! you will never be anonymous is impossible in fact. windows is for sure the worst ever os for this.
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - Rax_ - Jul 22, 2025
(Jul 22, 2025 07:20 PM)arlalala01 Wrote: windows and anonymous its 2 totally uncompatible term!!!! you will never be anonymous is impossible in fact. windows is for sure the worst ever os for this.
Yeah wanted to say this, only way would be to never connect it to the internet haha. Not sure what he means specifically though.
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - DeathPenalty666 - Jul 22, 2025
(Jul 22, 2025 08:00 PM)Rax_ Wrote: Yeah wanted to say this, only way would be to never connect it to the internet haha. Not sure what he means specifically though.
the SAFEST os to connect to internet are linux. if you have windows 11 legit, im sorry but YOU ARE FUCK!!!! win11 without any connexction during and after install have like 10 things trying to reah a server. if you try to connect to these the browser will throw you a gentle THIS FUCKING BULSHIT IS MADE TO FUCK YOU UP WE DONT ALLEW YOU TO ACCESS IT! OK it dont say that but it wont let you acces therse website hahaha.
win1 is the worst of all, win10 also try to make connection to server(i mean offline windows install, it try to reach a cloud somwhere)
windows is the worst ever os to hope to be anonymous! You got tu burn your hdd to make you anonymous lol
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - Rax_ - Jul 22, 2025
(Jul 22, 2025 08:11 PM)arlalala01 Wrote: the SAFEST os to connect to internet are linux. if you have windows 11 legit, im sorry but YOU ARE FUCK!!!! win11 without any connexction during and after install have like 10 things trying to reah a server. if you try to connect to these the browser will throw you a gentle THIS FUCKING BULSHIT IS MADE TO FUCK YOU UP WE DONT ALLEW YOU TO ACCESS IT! OK it dont say that but it wont let you acces therse website hahaha.
win1 is the worst of all, win10 also try to make connection to server(i mean offline windows install, it try to reach a cloud somwhere)
windows is the worst ever os to hope to be anonymous! You got tu burn your hdd to make you anonymous lol
I feel you, haven't used windows as a daily driver for over 10 years but I have had to use it in some cases where I needed to develop applications for microsoft ecosystems and found it not only to be a pain but also very hard to monitor with how many open connection it has by default. Its jarring coming from linux where the most I have at any given time is 3 connections. Who knows what data they are stealing or how many traces/fingerprints you are leaving by using it.
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - Minerva1 - Jul 23, 2025
Windows is the king of no privacy land, it would be better off trying with linux
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - SystemSav - Jul 23, 2025
Could try using O&O ShutUp++, A MAC address changer, solid no log VPN and a TOR browser, if you're just web surfing but even that is iffy on windows. Better off loading something like Tails OS or Kali Linux onto a decent sized bootable USB stick though. It really depends on what you're trying to do as a "ghost". All in all, windows is never really a good way to remain anonymous.
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - Oh_Well - Jul 24, 2025
Trying to stay anonymous with Windows is like trying to keep your data private while using Chrome.
It's designed to gather loads of data (telemetry, location tracking, ads, app usage, device performance, Wi-Fi details, crash reports etc). Even if you tweak privacy settings or remove some stuff, it’s hard to fully escape data collection.
For true anonymity, you'd need to ditch it and use privacy-focused OSes (like TailsOS).
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - ratty255 - Jul 30, 2025
No. Also there is no such thing as 'completely anonymous'
RE: is it possible to make windows completely anonymous? - Chrome - Jul 31, 2025
Not really, you wanna use Linux for your best chance.