Every app wants your data now. I built four that don't.

说明与用途

许多 Windows 应用收集遥测并要求账户，降低性能和安全性。作者展示了四个不使用遥测、账户或后台服务的应用，说明如何保持隐私和效率。

问题

Many everyday Windows applications collect telemetry, require accounts, or run background services, increasing resource usage, attack surface, and eroding trust.

结果

The author’s apps demonstrate that essential desktop utilities can operate without telemetry, accounts, or background services, thereby preserving performance, security, and user trust.

工作流

• 1. Block the app’s executable in Windows Defender Firewall and observe if it still functions.
• 2. Open Resource Monitor (resmon) and check the Network tab for any network activity while using the app.
• 3. Inspect Task Manager → Startup to ensure the app is not set to launch at boot.
• 4. Verify that the app does not require an account or sign‑in to use its core features.

证据

"Telemetry, bloatware and accounts-for-everything have become the default."

来源

"Create an outbound block rule for the .exe in Windows Defender Firewall. If the app still does everything it claims to, it didn't need the network."

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"Open Resource Monitor (resmon), go to the Network tab, and use the app normally. Look at "Processes with Network Activity" and "TCP Connections". An offline tool should show nothing."

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"Task Manager → Startup apps. A tool you opened on purpose shouldn't have registered itself to launch at boot."

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"No telemetry. No analytics. No account. No bundled extras. No "sign in to continue.""

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