If you recently installed Windows 10 and bypassed the customize settings, you might want to go back and reset some of the defaults.

Not sure how to do that. Here is a handy guide that will walk you through some of the most common settings.

Your physical whereabouts and your web browser history, plus your contacts and calendar records, are also phoned home to Redmond. Your PC will even let other computers download updates from it, and potentially share your Wi-Fi network with strangers.

But the fact that they're on by default, and hidden away unless you know where to look, is for some people just plain rude.

Source: The Register