Microsoft is just one of many tech companies that people view with suspicion when it comes to privacy. Over the years, Windows has been infected with all manner of privacy-invading telemetry features and settings — particularly in the case of Windows 11 — and there has been a fightback from users and software developers alike.
DoNotSpy11 is a tool that empowers concerned users to protect their privacy by blocking telemetry and disabling features of Windows. Now the software has been updated, and DoNotSpy11 version 1.2.0.0 introduces full support for the latest Windows 11 23H2 and makes it possible to disable the AI-powered Copilot.
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Released just a few days ago, DoNotSpy11 1.2.0.0 not only adds support for Windows 11 Moment 4, it also sees the arrival of a large number of new tweaks and privacy-protecting options.
Many of the new features and options relate to Microsoft Edge, such as disabling potentially invasive components such as text prediction and suggested content. On a wider scale, there is the option to disable the Copilot button in the taskbar, as well as the ability to pull the plug on Windows Copilot altogether.
Other notable additions include the disabling of notifications and ‘recently added apps’ from the Start menu, but this is just scratching the surface of everything that can be found in the tool.
The full changelog for DoNoSpy11 1.2.0.0 is as follows:
General: Added Support for Windows 11 23H2 (Moment 4)
Tweak added: Edge: Disable Compose for Writing on the Web
Tweak added: Edge: Disable Discover Access to Page Contents
Tweak added: Edge: Disable Related Matches in Find on Page
Tweak added: Edge: Disable Text Prediction
Tweak added: Edge: Disable Thumbnail Images for Browsing History
Tweak added: Edge: Disable Windows Indexer Access to Local Browsing Data
Tweak added: Privacy: Disable Autocorrection of Misspelled Words
Tweak added: Privacy: Disable Copilot
Tweak added: Privacy: Disable Highlighting of Misspelled Words
Tweak added: Privacy: Disable Taskbar Copilot Button
Tweak added: Start: Do Not Show Account-Related Notifications
Tweak added: Start: Do Not Show Recently Added Apps
Tweak updated: Edge: Disable Search Suggestions (now set as mandatory policy instead of recommended policy)
Tweak updated: Edge: Disable Shopping (now set as mandatory policy instead of recommended policy)
Tweak updated: Edge: Disable Suggestion of Similar Pages (now set as mandatory policy instead of recommended policy)
Tweak updated: Edge: Disable Synchronization of Data (now set as mandatory policy instead of recommended policy)
Tweak updated: Privacy: Disable Facts, Tips, Ticks and More on your Lock Screen
Tweak updated: Privacy: Disable SmartScreen-Filter for URLs
DoNotSpy11 is available to download here.
