Debotnet - A Tiny Portable Tool For Controlling Windows 10'S Many Privacy-Related Settings And Keep Your Personal Data Private - Hacking Land

A free and portable tool for controlling Windows 10's many privacy-related settings and keep your personal data private.

Your preparation for the Net!
The Windows 10 default privacy settings leave a lot to be desired when it comes to protecting you and your private information. Whenever I set up a new computer or update a current setup for my family or job, I always carefully go through the privacy settings for each install, making sure to lock it down to make it as private as possible.
Windows 10 has raised several concerns about privacy due to the fact that it has a lot of telemetry and online features, which send your data (sensitive and not) to Microsoft and can't be disabled, which means Microsoft can:

Run software on your computer without your consent
Get data from your computer without your consent
Remove software and files from your computer without your consent

This qualifies Windows 10 as malware, and more specifically, a botnet.

Debotnet requires Windows 10 including both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

You can read a more about the latest changes in my blog.

Features

Disable telemetry and online features, which send your data (sensitive and not) to Microsoft
Choose which unwanted functions you wish to disable
Debotnet will show you what it's doing. You have full control, because the executing code is not hard coded and can be viewed in a simple text editor
Simple scripting engine for adding custom privacy rules
Debug mode. E.g. the Test mode lets you see which values are twisted in registry or commands executed
Scripts updated on GitHub
Support for Ninite service, which allows you to download and install more than 70 popular apps for Windows
Support for Chocolatey Software, which has a massive community package repository of installs (more than 4,000 packages)
Download Windows 10 ISO files using Microsoft Media Creation Tool with command line switches, also through MCT Wrapper or just a PowerShell script
Integration of custom PowerShell debloating scrips, e.g W4RH4WK / Debloat-Windows-10, Sycnex / Windows10Debloater
Download deprecated Windows apps, e.g. Classic Calculator
Modern and familiar UI, with theme support
Small footprint. No installation required (Portable)

Usage
As above mentioned Debotnet's main tools (in this case the scripts for debotnetting Windows) are not hard coded. Debotnet is based upon simple .DS1 files which define exactly which registry keys, files and or/services should be disabled, blocked, deleted etc. and preserved by the program. These script files allows you to execute command-line tools and parameter and also simple PowerShell code.

Example

[Info]
 ID=No more forced updates
 Ver=1.0
 Desc=This will notify when updates are available, and you decide when to install them.\n\nThe values added to registry with this script will prevent forced updates.
 Dev=Federico Dossena
 DevURL=https://github.com/adolfintel/Windows10-Privacy
 WinVer=Compatible with Windows 10
 Evaluation=Recommended
 EvaluationColor=009e5e
 
 [Code]
 Task1=Try,query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v NoAutoUpdate,STDOUT
 Task2=Try,query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v AUOptions,STDOUT
 Task3=Try,query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v ScheduledInstallDay,STDOUT
 Task4=Try,query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v ScheduledInstallTime,STDOUT
 File5=Reg,add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v NoAutoUpdate /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f,STDOUT
 File6=Reg,add "HKLM\SOFTWAR   E\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f,STDOUT
 File7=Reg,add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v ScheduledInstallDay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f,STDOUT
 File8=Reg,add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /v ScheduledInstallTime /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f,STDOUT