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  Spydish
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<h4 align="center">The Spydish app is the simplest way to perform a quick privacy and security check of your Windows 10 copy.
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  <a href="#about">About</a> •
  <a href="#download">Download</a> •
  <a href="#community-package">Community package</a> •
  <a href="#credits">Credits</a> •
  <a href="#license">License</a>
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![intro](https://github.com/builtbybel/spydish/blob/master/assets/intro.gif)

## About

Spydish integrates the most critical Windows 10 privacy policies and allows you to quickly perform a privacy check against these policies. Active policies are marked with the status "Configured" as in the Group Policy Editor and indicates that your privacy is protected. The inactive ones are declared as "Not configured". All available policies (currently 60) can be enabled as well as disabled.

Latest news from the developer blog
- [June 07, 2020: Stable release of new Spydish app is out](https://www.mirinsoft.com/blog/19-apps/34-stable-release-of-new-spydish-app-is-out)
- [May 31, 2020: Ready for Windows 10, version 2004!? The new Spydish app can help!](https://www.mirinsoft.com/blog/19-apps/33-check-your-privacy-state-with-spydish)

Recommendations on Media
- [July 01, 2020 on Lifehacker: How to Block Windows 10 Updates for As Long As You Want](https://lifehacker.com/how-to-block-windows-10-updates-for-as-long-as-you-want-1844232973)
- [June 20, 2020 on Deskmodder (leading german blog): Schnelle Datenschutzprüfung und Einstellungen für Windows 10 vornehmen von Mirinsoft](https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2020/06/20/spydish-schnelle-datenschutzpruefung-und-einstellungen-fuer-windows-10-vornehmen-von-mirinsoft/)
- [June 03, 2020 on BetaNews: How to boost your privacy and remove unwanted features from Windows 10](https://betanews.com/2020/06/03/boost-windows-10-privacy/)
- [June 02, 2020 on gHacks: Quickly check Windows 10 Group Policy privacy settings ](https://www.ghacks.net/2020/06/02/spydish-quickly-check-windows-10-group-policy-privacy-settings/)

### System Requirements

- Windows 10 (supports 1809 - 2004)
- .NET Framework 4.5

## Download

- (Official site) [Download](https://www.builtbybel.com/spydish)
- (GitHub) [Download](https://github.com/builtbybel/spydish/releases)

## Community package
### For advanced users only!

The community package for Spydish adds support for several advanced scripting features based upon PowerShell, e.g.
- Removal of specific pre-installed apps
- Uninstall of OneDrive 
- Unping Startmenu tiles 
- Disable telemetry of third-party apps (E.g. CCleaner, Firefox, Dropbox, Microsoft Office)
- Removal of Windows Defender (NOT recommended! I can highly recommend using Windows Defender on consumer versions of Windows 10)
- Blocking telemetry via firewall and host files. Rules are provided by [crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker](https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker)
- Support for all-in-one PowerShell debloating script [Windows10Debloater.ps1](https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater) 
- New automation templates					  

All objects (templates and scripts) included can be viewed [here](https://github.com/builtbybel/spydish/tree/master/scripts)

### How-to Install
* **[Download](https://github.com/builtbybel/spydish/blob/master/scripts/packages.zip?raw=true)** the latest `packages.zip` file.
* **Extract the package** to Spydish installation directory
* **Restart Spydish**

### Intro of community package after Installing

![community-package](https://github.com/builtbybel/spydish/blob/master/assets/community-pkg.gif)

## Credits

- [Icon by FFra](https://www.deviantart.com/ffra/art/MAXIMAL-Icons-Updated-387287801)

## License

- Freeware (private)
- Donationware (commercial)
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