privacy.sexy – Enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows and macOS

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  1. guest

    guest Guest

    privacy.sexy - Enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows and macOS
    Website (GitHub)
    Download for Windows, Linux, macOS (GitHub) / (or via Website)
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    privacy.sexy 0.10.3 Released (August 27, 2021)
    Changelog
    0.10.3 (2021-08-27)
    • unrecommend VSS and document its breaking behavior | 7714898
    • fix incorrect modification of Desktop folder on ThisPC (#71) | eb9ac35
    • add initial integration tests | 49600c5
    • unify usage of sleepAsync and add tests | 36f0805
    • fix broken URLs and automate broken URL checks #70 | db62ed7
    • fix hiding recent files in quick access | b976b92
    • bump dependencies to latest #75, #69 | 0a857aa
    • Fix NTP configuration before running the service (#72) | 71e70e5
    • Fix typo on main page (#82) | 487001a
    • Improve issue templates | f2935e4
    • Fix infinitely subscribing to state changes | ea5f9ec
    • Fix select options being clickable when disabled | 1c6b305
    • Fix tests for ParameterSubstitutionParser | 2a08855
    • Fix excessive highlighting on hover | ec0c972
    • Fix dead URLs | 439cd30
     
  2. guest

    guest Guest

    privacy.sexy 0.11.0 Released (October 21, 2021)
    Changelog
    Highlights
    • New color ► A new look to privacy.sexy with changed colors.
    • Auto-updates ► On desktop version, user experience for handling automatic updates is improved with a progress bar and confirmation dialogs. Auto-updates did not work on macOS because privacy.sexy is not a signed application, now a workaround is implemented so the update-flow is semi-automatic.
    • ❌ No more Defender on Windows ► Defender can be disabled again on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. At the time of writing, privacy.sexy is the only open-source application that can do it. It's also the richest with 80 new ways of disabling its functionality in this version.
    • ‍ First-class citizen PowerShell ► PowerShell is now first-class citizen. Now PowerShell can be written in collection files without escaping/inlining and it will automatically be converted to calls from batch files. Templating is improved heavily to support it. pipes and with syntax is added. They enable most of new functionality such as disabling Defender and disabling per-user services.
    • And more macOS & Windows scripts...
    0.11.0 (2021-10-21)
    • Change "grouping" to "view" | c0c475f
    • Tighten parameter substitution tolerance | dcccb61
    • Add optionality for parameters | 6a89c62
    • Do not collapse cards on links and code area #88 | e73c0ad
    • Add scripts to disable, hide and opt-out from Siri | c92dc1e
    • Improve macOS scripts for cleaning OS logs | 6c3c2e6
    • Add "with" expression for templating #53 | 862914b
    • Add support for pipes in templates #53 | 4d7ff7e
    • Bump node environment to 15.x | 2f0321f
    • Add new UX for optionally downloading updates | ddf417a
    • Add pipes to write pretty PowerShell #53 | 5217b0b
    • Improve alignment, padding/margin issues on UI | c8cb7a5
    • Support disabling per-user services in Windows #16 | 4b23907
    • Add script to remove Meet Now icon in Windows | f39ee76
    • Add support for more depth in function calls | 20b7d28
    • Increase default screen width on desktop app | 9942df1
    • Improve disabling of SmartScreen #74 | 0696ed8
    • Remove integration tests from deployments #90 | 37ad26a
    • Use a consistent color system | b08a6b5
    • Add semi-automatic update support for macOS | 410bcd8
    • Add more ways to disable and clean Defender #74 | 2492f2d
    • Add privacy over security scripts for macOS #83 | 236a0f6
    • Change PowerShell double quotes escape | 9aa8166
    • Change theme colors | a8031d1
    • Improve security hardening for macOS | e6152fa
    • Support disabling of protected services #74 | ab8bce7
    • Fix minor issues with Defender scripts | 739287a
    • Update screenshot | 504fa05
     
  3. zmechys

    zmechys Registered Member

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    It's a powerful app. One should be careful with that software.
    Knowledge is required.
    And it's free - o_O
     
  4. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

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    I'm sorry but this is very unclear to me, should you first select stuff on the website? And why is this app almost 60MB big? It looks like crap to me.
     
  5. guest

    guest Guest

    privacy.sexy 0.11.1 Released (November 6, 2021)
    Changelog
    Fixes
    • Fix website not loading on Safari | 0db8cc4
    • Fix dead URLs and use forks as GitHub references | 97ddc02
    • Fix, document, unrecommend Windows browser cleanup | 5ead1a0
    Chores
    • Refactor to remove "Async" function name suffix | 82c43ba
    • Update dependencies | 64631a4
    • Fix failing URL status checking integration tests | 799fb09
     
  6. guest

    guest Guest

    privacy.sexy 0.11.4 Released (March 8, 2022)
    Website (GitHub)
    Changelog
    Download for Windows, Linux, macOS (GitHub) / (or via Website)
    Windows
    • Fix Microsoft Defender alert for uninstaller #114 | 112e79a
    • Fix reverting of Windows NVIDIA telemetry service | 2354f0b
    • Fix Windows 11 being detected as Windows 10 | d6bc33e
    • Fix Windows DoSvc not being disabled #115 | 43ce834
    • Document WpnService breaking on Windows 10 #110 | 3785e41
    • Fix error when reverting Windows Defender setting | 956052c
    Other improvements
    • Improve performance of selecting scripts | 8e96c19
    • Transpile dependencies for wider browser support | 0e52a99
    Documentation
    • Improve documentation for developing | 3c3ec80
    • Improve documentation for architecture | 1bcc6c8
    • Improve existing documentation | db47440
    • Add donation information | 05a6a84
    Chores, tests and refactorings
    • Bump node environment to 16.x | 242a497
    • Bump dependencies to latest | efd63ff
    • Add AirBnb TypeScript overrides for linting | 834ce8c
    • Add more and unify tests for absent object cases | 44d79e2
    • Move stubs from ./stubs to ./shared/Stubs | 803ef2b
    • Refactor to remove code coupling with Webpack | 5bbbb9c
    • Refactor to remove hardcoding of aliases | 481a02a
    • Refactor to use version object #59 | eeb1d5b
    0.11.3
    This patch fixes, unrecommends and documents scripts that leads to unexpected behavior in Windows. Along with other minor fixes, it includes various code quality improvements. It adds various automated tests (e2e testing, bulid checks), upgrades to latest tools (Vue CLI 5/Webpack 5) and migrates to ESLint (dropping TSLint).

    Windows
    • Fix double backlashes in Windows vscode scripts (#99, #64, #67) | 5f091bb
    • Fix clearing Windows product key showing dialog | 9b6636e
    • Document and unrecommend Cloud Experience Host | 9b5e0b0
    • Document and unrecommend AAD app removal #24, #54 | 455084c
    • Unrecommend and document Live ID service #100 | d11a674
    Generic
    • Fix typos in privacy modal #109 | a1871a2
    • Fix failing of functions without revert code | 87de017
    • Fix OS desktop detection tests and edge cases | a8358b8
      • It prevents application crash if it's opened in nonstandard way.
    Chores, tests and refactorings
    • Add initial e2e testing with cypress | ddd2e70
    • Add build checks and improve existing CI/CD checks | 17298f0
    • Refactor to add readonly interfaces | c3c5b89
    • Migrate from TSLint to ESLint | 61b475f
    • Refactor code to comply with ESLint rules | 5b1fbe1
    • Fix mutated line endings on Windows | bd23faa
    • Refactor to improve iterations | 31f7091
    • Upgrade to Vue CLI 5 (and webpack 5) | 96265b7
    • Restructure pipelines and badges in README.md | 5a2c263
    0.11.2
    This patch introduces fixes and improvements for disabling of Windows Defender. It unifies and improves way to disable Windows services with better outputs and smarter logic (such as starting the service only if needed). It also includes some other minor improvements.

    Improvements
    • Improve and unify disabling of Windows services | 70cdf38
    • Improve Windows defender docs and errors #104 | d2518b1
    • Unrecommend and complete Windows Push Notif. #101 | c65209e
    Bug fixes
    • Fix Windows TrustedInstaller session errors | 20a0071
    • Fix Defender features errors in Windows #104 | d7761ab
    • Fix disabling/enabling Defender on Windows #104 | 2e08293
    • Fix Defender error due to non-english Windows #104 | 7c02ffb
    • Fix unintendedly inlined Windows scripts | f2d9881
    Tests, refactorings
    • Improve tests for UserSelection | 2f90cac
    • Refactor Saas naming, structure and modules | bf83c58
     
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