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What exactly is MediaCreationTool doing when it's "Getting a few things ready"?
During the "getting things ready" phase, SetupHost.exe (which was extracted into C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources by the main Media Creation Tool program) is obtaining the list of downloadable ...
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Can website cookies (ie. from Facebook) track me when I use the same browser to browse other websites?
Cookies are one mechanism by which websites can track your activity,
but this is only one of the methods that Facebook has to track your
activity on the internet. Facebook can track your activity even ...
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Can website cookies (ie. from Facebook) track me when I use the same browser to browse other websites?
Most ads on the web are through the google ad service. Facebook does not have these cookies and shipt.com does not have these cookies, rather the ad iFrame (that connects to google) has all these ...
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Privacy: VPN and DNS
The only advantages of using the DNS provided by your VPN provider are
The DNS is at the same location as your VPN server and should have the same or similar latency as your VPN provider. If you use ...
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Privacy: VPN and DNS
There is no general answer here. It depends on the setup of the DNS server and especially the aspects that concern you, which can be privacy, speed, availability etc.
I assume you are after the ...
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Your privacy settings blocked access to your location
The app asking for location was dell supportassist.
What I did was uncheck the block location access and supportassist was the only one that got checked by default.
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