End-Of-Year Review: DoNotSpy11

"DoNotSpy11 is the successor of DoNotSpy10, the world’s first antispy tool for Windows 10. Its straight-forward user interface allows you to manage
how Windows 10, Windows 11, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Office respect your privacy."

This year, Microsoft provided Windows 11 users with several „Moment“ Updates: Moment 2 in February, Moment 3 in May and Moment 4 in October. I have updated DoNotSpy11 accordingly so that you can keep up with the latest privacy features (changelog). DoNotSpy11 can even help you disable Windows Copilot.

It has been an exciting year with around 95,000 downloads directly from my website and many more from various others. Let's take a look at some of the media coverage:

• ghacks.net: DoNoSpy11 1.1: Windows privacy tool updated with Windows 10 and 11 22H2 support (07.04.2023)
• neowin.net: DoNotSpy11 comes to Windows 11 22H2 Moment 2, Windows 10 22H2 (08.04.2023)
• it-administrator.de: Download der Woche (19.04.2023)
• ghacks.net: Privacy tool DoNotSpy11 update adds Windows 11 version 23H2 support (31.10.2023)
• tomshardware.com: Anti-Tracking DoNotSpy11 Utility Lets You Disable Windows Copilot (02.11.2023)
• neowin.net: DoNotSpy on Windows 11 23H2 / 22H2 Moment 4 helps you rid of Copilot, annoying Edge features (02.11.2023)
• betanews.com: Privacy tool DoNotSpy11 updated with Windows 11 23H2 support and the option to disable Windows Copilot (03.11.2023)
• chip.de: Windows kann es einfach nicht lassen: Mit diesem Tool stoppen Sie die Schnüffelei (03.11.2023)
• techradar.com: Hate Copilot in Windows 11? Free privacy tools can now get rid of the AI (03.11.2023)
• pcgamer.com: DoNotSpy11 can now turn off Windows Copilot and other tracking features (03.11.2023)
• drwindows.de: DoNotSpy11 – Datenschutz für Windows 10 und Windows 11 (04.11.2023)
• itmagazine.ch: Anti-Tracking-Tool Donotspy11 erlaubt Abschalten von Windows Copilot (06.11.2023)

There have also been some great YouTube videos featuring DoNotSpy11, some of which can be found here:

We'll see what 2024 brings. There will be a lot of work to do to protect our privacy. Especially with Microsoft's plans to integrate AI into many more products (source).