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Re: How to lose your Bitcoins with CTRL-C CTRL-V
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o_e_l_e_o
on 07/10/2019, 20:23:32 UTC
⭐ Merited by BlackHatCoiner (4) ,Mahanton (1) ,DroomieChikito (1) ,JayJuanGee (1)
Now im getting worried with that Windows 10 Cortana and currently been tweaking out its privacy settings.Is this really a keylogger?.
Yes. Windows 10 has a built in keylogger, and it sends everything you type to Microsoft for "analysis". See the following links:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2974057/how-to-turn-off-windows-10s-keylogger-yes-it-still-has-one.html
https://www.technorms.com/45807/turn-windows-10-keylogger-improved-data-privacy
https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-disable-hidden-keylogger-in-windows-10-3639643/

But on a much wider scale, Windows 10 is a privacy nightmare. It collects everything from your keystrokes and voice input to your contacts, emails, browsing history, location history, etc., etc. Turning off all the telemetry and turning all the privacy settings to max doesn't help. Have a read of these reports if you want to be really worried:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/
https://thehackernews.com/2016/02/microsoft-windows10-privacy.html

Even with these features disabled via group policies, Cortana is still sending your search history to Microsoft, and OneDrive is phoning home for unknown reasons, for example. Even with all telemetry features disabled, Windows 10 still made a staggering 5,500 connections to almost 100 different IP address in only 8 hours.

As LoyceV says, don't use Windows.



Any time I am sending coins from any wallet I physically place the address I know is correct directly from the source, right next to the address I have entered to send to. That usually means either holding my hardware wallet or phone up next to my computer screen, or resizing two windows on my phone or computer to put the two address physically right next to each other. Once you have two addresses which are less than inch apart, its very easy to check the entire address and not just a few characters at the start or end.