Last week, we looked at the possibility of privacy on the internet, and the sad state of current affairs where seemingly every major Internet company wants to deny us that possibility.<\/p>\n
No matter what internet-connected device you use, the principles of attaining privacy and the safety it enables are pretty much the same: closing and locking the doors. If you are a member of the \u201cI don\u2019t have anything to hide, so I don\u2019t care,\u201d crowd, read on; you may not be beyond hope. So, without further editorializing, let\u2019s look at how some modicum of privacy and safety can be achieved, first, with Microsoft\u2019s Windows 11 operating system.<\/p>\n
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