Previously, compiler outputted whole executable in error context. This
caused long and hard to read error messages, especially when the
executable is a long category with many children. This commit improves
readability by trimming the error output.
Changes:
- Trim the error output (max characters: 1000).
- Improve indenting and newlines.
This commit introduces type validation for parameter values within the
parser/compiler, aligning with the YAML schema. It aims to eliminate
dependencies on side effects in the collection files.
This update changes the treatment of data types in the Windows
collection, moving away from unintended type casting by the compiler.
Previously, numeric and boolean values were used even though only
string types were supported. This behavior was unstable and untested,
and has now been adjusted to use strings exclusively.
Changes ensure that parameter values are correctly validated
as strings, enhancing stability and maintainability.
This commit improves the validation logic in parser, corrects Windows
collection files to adhere to expected structure. This validation helps
catch errors that previously led to incomplete generated code in scripts
for disabling VSCEIP and location settings.
Changes:
- Add type validation for function call structures in the
parser/compiler. This helps prevent runtime errors by ensuring that
only correctly structured data is processed.
- Fix scripts in the Windows collection that previoulsy had incomplete
`code` or `revertCode` values. These corrections ensure that the
scripts function as intended.
- Refactor related logic within the compiler/parser to improve
testability and maintainability.
This commit improves collection file editing and error detection
directly in the IDE. It adds YAML schema, IDE configuration and
automatic tests to validate it.
- Introduce a YAML schema for collection file.
- Use `yaml-language-server` for enhanced YAML support in VSCode.
- Add telemetry disabling in `configure_vscode.py` to respect user
privacy.
- Add automated checks to validate YAML file structure against the
schema.
- Remove unused properties and do not allow them in compiler.
Previously, scripts under the 'Clear operating system logs' category for
macOS were misaligned due to a lack of individual script
recommendations, as the category itself wrongly used the `recommend:
strict` property. This misconfiguration caused none of these scripts to
appear recommended.
This commit assigns accurate `recommend:` values to each script
within the category.
Key changes:
- Introduce individual recommendations for each script.
- Document scripts to justify recommendations.
- Standardize deletion operations through shared functions.
- Improve script and category naming for clarity.
- Simplify code by unifying redundant path references.
- Add comments in generated user script code.
- Fix specific issue where clearing daily os logs inadvertently affected
configuration files.
This commit corrects a syntax error that prevented the 'Disable text
and handwriting data collection' script from being included since
version 0.13.4. The error was identified in a previous syntax validation
update (commit 6ecfa9b954).
Changes:
- Add a missing dash before 'Disable location access' category. This
fixes the script omission as reported in the issue #369.
- Remove the dash from `revertCode` of `HarvestContacts` registry
modification code, fixing the revert code for 'Disable text and
handwriting data collection' script.
This fix addresses the build errors introduced by stricter syntax checks
and ensures that the script is now properly recognized and executed.
This fix is part of ongoing efforts to improve data handling robustness
and management in script processing.
This script fixes the recommendation property syntax in Windows script
collection. This syntax error prevented the application from
recommending these scripts, even though they were intended to be
recommended.
Affected scripts:
- Disable app access to physical movement
- Disable app access to eye tracking
- Disable app access to human presence
- Disable app access to screen capture
Previously, these scripts used the unsupported 'recommended: standard'
property, which was identified as incorrect after implementing stricter
property validation.
Related commit: 6ecfa9b954
Related issue: #369
This change update these properties to the correct 'recommend:
standard', resolving issues where scripts were not being recommended as
expected.
This commit introduces stricter type validation across the application
to reject objects with unexpected properties, enhancing the robustness
and predictability of data handling.
Changes include:
- Implement a common utility to validate object types.
- Refactor across various parsers and data handlers to utilize the new
validations.
- Update error messages for better clarity and troubleshooting.
This commit consolidates scripts and categories under a unified
'Executable' concept. This simplifies the architecture and improves code
readability.
- Introduce subfolders within `src/domain` to segregate domain elements.
- Update class and interface names by removing the 'I' prefix in
alignment with new coding standards.
- Replace 'Node' with 'Executable' to clarify usage; reserve 'Node'
exclusively for the UI's tree component.
Revert scripts for removing shortcuts previously used hardcoded paths.
These paths are now replaced with system environment variables to allow
for broader configuration compatibility.
This commit adjusts the recommendation level for disabling captive
portal detection from 'Standard' to 'Strict'. This aligns macOS settings
with equivalent recommendations for Linux and Windows.
It improves documentation to provide additional context on implications,
facilitating a better understanding of the change.
This commit improves blocking of execution of executables, providing a
more reliable way to stop execution of unwanted executables.
Introduce a new function to block shell execution of an executable. This
logic is extracted from disabling Chrome Software Reporter tool with
improved logic which does no longer or reset if there is other rules.
This resolves potential issues if there was a blocking rule using same
number which privacy.sexy before overwrote or restored on revert.
Other scripts which terminated executables on launch does now block
their shell execution too for more reliability. A common function is
introduced which streamlines blocking execution of an executable all
known ways which is now reused by these scripts.
This commit additionally improves the Google Software Reporter disabling
script. It removes the code that adds denies permissions on its
installation directory as the new way of preventing executable from
running should be enough. It also adds missing documentation to the
related scripts.
This commit improves the existing Firefox privacy scripts and improves
the categorization and documentation to be simpler and more clear.
Changes:
- Rename and reorganize scripts for disabling browser telemetry and
default browser agent reporting to simplify the structure.
- Improve documentation across scripts to provide clearer guidance on
how the changes improve user privacy.
- Fix revert scripts by removing unnecessary registry key configuration.
This commit updates documentation to clarify the impacts of disabling
firewall services, specifically how they affect Windows Sandbox, Docker
and WSL.
This update responds to user feedback from issues #115, #152, #364. The
documentation now guides users more clearly on the consequences of their
actions, potentially preventing unintended service disruptions.
Changes include:
- Expand the caution notes to explicitly mention the impact on
virtualization and isolation features like Windows Sandbox, Docker and
WSL.
- Expand script titles to briefly mention affects on these features.
- Expand documentation to suggest system restart.
- Add an informative message to restart the computer in terminal outputs
after service changes to ensure the settings are applied.
This commit introduces a custom error object to provide additional
context for errors throwing during parsing and compiling operations,
improving troubleshooting.
By integrating error context handling, the error messages become more
informative and user-friendly, providing sequence of trace with context
to aid in troubleshooting.
Changes include:
- Introduce custom error object that extends errors with contextual
information. This replaces previous usages of `AggregateError` which
is not displayed well by browsers when logged.
- Improve parsing functions to encapsulate error context with more
details.
- Increase unit test coverage and refactor the related code to be more
testable.
This commit adjusts the recommendation level for scripts that disable
UWP app access to accommodate user issues #121, #339, #350. It also
extends their documentation to reflect the new changes and with
cautions.
Changes:
- Add caution text for all scripts about potential impacts.
- Move disabling app access to notifications from 'Standard' to
'Strict'. This addresses #121 and #339, where users report lack of
notification as unintended side-effects.
- Move disabling app access to phone calls from 'Standard' to 'Strict'.
This addresses #350 where its effect on the Phone Link app was
reported as an unintended side-effect.
- Consolidate removal of printing UIs under the same category.
- Improve documentation for printing app removal scripts.
- Add removal of previously unlisted 'Print Queue' app, #279.
- Combine removal of `Microsoft.Print3D` and `Windows.Print3D`
into a single script.
- Highlight the importance of removing 'Print 3D' app due to
security risks and recommend it on 'Standard'.
This commit improves the documentation of RSA key handling script and
changes its recommendation level to address potential issues with
Hyper-V (as reported in #363).
Changes:
- Add documentation to describe potential disruptions caused by stronger
RSA key requirements.
- Move RSA key script from 'Standard' to 'Strict' due to its impact on
Hyper-V VMs.
- Use bullet points for easier expansion in cautions of secret key
hardening scripts.
This commit improves disabling app access by correcting minor issues,
adding missing access control configurations and adding more
documentation to increase maintainability and user understanding of
privacy settings, resolving #138.
- Introduce shared functions to streamline modifications of app access,
improving maintainability and simplifying the codebase.
- Move disabling app access to first position in the category.
- Improve code comments for better clarity on generated outputs.
- Resolve error display in revert codes due to incorrect use of `reg
delete` commands.
- Fix disabling app access to trusted devices disables access to account
information, name and picture on older versions of Windows.
- Add missing privacy settings and configurations.
- Add more documentation to scripts
- Rename script names for consistency and clarity.
- Move disabling access to SMS/MMS to phone access disablement category.
- Set empty `REG_MULTI_SZ` values to null for GPO access settings to
maintain registry integrity.
This commit addresses failures in end-to-end tests that occurred due to
`ResizeObserver` loop limit exceptions.
These errors were triggered by Vue dependency upgrades in the commit
aae5434451.
The errors had the following message:
> `ResizeObserver loop completed with undelivered notifications`
This error happens when there are too many observations and the observer
is not able to deliver all observations within a single animation frame.
See: WICG/resize-observer#38
his commit resolves the issue by controlling how many observations are
delivered per animation frame and limiting it to only one.
It improves performance by reducing layout trashing, improving frame
rates, and managing resources more effectively.
Changes:
- Introduce an animation frame control to manage observations more
efficiently.
- Centralized `ResizeObserver` management within the `UseResizeObserver`
hook to improve consistency and reuse across the application.
This commit standardizes the management of registry keys and their
corresponding revert on delete action across all scripts using
`SetRegistryValue` function.
It improves script reliability, addresses previous errors, and corrects
the revert actions to match the default OS state when not explicitly set
by the OS.
Key changes:
- Use SetRegistryValue for uniformity.
- Remove error messages for non-existent registry keys, recognizing them
as expected states rather than errors.
- Add missing revert actions to scripts where they were absent.
- Correct the revert logic in existing scripts to match the default OS
configurations, particularly when the OS does not set a default value.
- Update documentation about default OS state for the related scripts.
This change improves maintainability by centralizing and standardizing
registry interactions, reducing the risk of errors and inconsistencies
in script behaviors.
This commit adds checks to rjeect functions with empty or whitespace
names. The compiler throws a specific errror when it encounters a
function data object lacking a proper name.
This provides early detection and clear feedback on invalid function
definitions, helping in faster debugging and ensuring script integrity
in the compilation process.
The enhancement aims to provide early detection and clear feedback
on invalid function definitions, aiding in faster debugging and
ensuring script integrity in the compilation process.
when it encounters a function data object lacking a proper name.
It covers scenarios where the function name might be an empty string,
undefined, or solely consist of whitespace.
This commit restructures the categorization of network security-related
scripts to improve clarity and align with user expectations. It involves
renaming and reorganizing categories to more accurately reflect their
functions beyond just IIS configurations.
This reorganization helps users find and utilize network security
scripts more efficiently and ensures that the categorization accurately
reflects the broader application of the scripts beyond server
configurations.
Changes:
- Merge network security enhancements under a single category.
- Rename categories for simplicity and increased technical accuracy.
- Flatten nested categories to streamline navigation and enhance
clarity.
- Update documentation to match the new category structures.
- Revise script recommendations to encourage broader use.
- Fix revert codes of some related scripts to reflect default OS
settings.
This commit fixes a bug that causes tooltips to be slightly misaligned.
Tooltip positioning was incorrect during modal transitions due to their
initial movement, causing tooltips to align incorrectly at the start of
the animation rather than the end.
One way to solve this would be using `autoUpdate` from `floating-ui`
with `animationFrame: true`. However, this recalculates positions tens
of times per second, impacting performance. This is a monkey solution.
This commit adopts a more efficient approach by updating tooltip
positions only at the end of the transitions, which reduces calculations
and conserves resources.
Key changes:
- Addd transition end event listener for updating tooltip positions.
- Use throttling to eliminate excessive position recalculations.
Other supporting changes:
- Improve throttle function to support efficient recalculations of
positions:
- Add ability to optionally exclude the first execution (leading
call).
- Refactor to simplify it make it easier to follow and read.
- Fix a bug where initial calls were incorrectly throttled if
`dateNow()` returned `0`.
- Introduce and use a global hook for efficient DOM event management.
This greatily introduce safety, reuse and testability of event
listening.
This commit addresses the issue where scripts fail to execute on Windows
environments with usernames containing spaces. The problem stemmed from
PowerShell and cmd shell's handling of spaces in quoted arguments.
The solution involves encoding PowerShell commands before execution,
which mitigates the quoting issues previously causing script failures.
This approach is now integrated into the execution flow, ensuring that
commands are correctly handled irrespective of user names or other
variables that may include spaces.
Changes:
- Implement encoding for PowerShell commands to handle spaces in usernames
and other similar scenarios.
- Update script documentation URLs to reflect changes in directory
structure.
Fixes#351
This commit refines the configuration of TLS and DTLS protocols on
Windows to enhance compatibility and stability across different
Windows versions.
Changes:
- Enable TLS 1.3 exclusively on Windows 11 and newer, addressing
stability concerns with previous Windows versions, and resolving
issue #175.
- Enable DTLS 1.2, replacing DTLS 1.3 due to lack of support in
Windows. DTLS is enabled only on Windows 10 version 16007 and later
for compatibility.
- Reorganize script categories for better clarity and manageability.
- Update revert codes for registry deletions to prevent false negative
error outputs.
- Adjust recommendation levels to encourage more scripts due to system
stability and documentation improvements introduced in this commit.
- Remove incorrect registry keys previously set for .NET apps.
- Add missing 64-bit registry keys for .NET apps.
- Rename scripts for improved simplicity and consistency.
- Improve documentation for affected scripts, correcting the
misleading information about DTLS 1.2 vulnerability.
- Convert hexadecimal values to decimal in scripts to improve
clarity.
- Introduce shared functions to reduce redundancy and improve
script maintainability.
- Add more comments in generated code and simplify existing comments.
This commit modifies the blocking behavior of `r.bing.com` due to its
extensive use across multiple Windows features, including Copilot and
Maps. Previously, included in the 'Cortana and Live Tiles' block list,
this host was causing issues for Copilot functionalites, as noted in
issue #329. By excluding `r.bing.com` from block list, this update aims
to prevent unintended disruptions without compromising the privacy gains
of other scripts.
Changes include:
- Exclude `r.bing.com` from the "Cortana and Live Tiles" block list.
- Improve documentation to clarify the role and exclusions.
- Improve documentation with consistent header for blocked hosts.
This commit groups scripts related to disabling protocols under same
category, streamlining the process for disabling protocols like NetBios,
SMBv1, and various TLS/SSL versions. It improves the documentation and
scripts of the related scripts.
Key changes:
- Introduce new category for disabling insecure protocols and move
related scripts under it.
- Remove .NET configuration from TLS 1.0 disabling to prevent unwanted
side effects on .NET applications, maintaining system integrity.
- Remove the script disabling DTLS 1.1 as this protocol does not exist.
- Recommend previously not recommended scripts:
- SSL 2.0 in 'Standard' because it's already removed from Windows.
- SSL 3.0 in 'Standard' because it's already disabled by default.
- TLS 1.0 in 'Strict' as it's deprecated on Windows.
- TLS 1.1 in 'Strict' as it's deprecated on Windows.
- Rename and reorder scripts for consistency and enhanced readability.
- Fix revert codes to accurately reflect successful operations, by
adding `2>nul` on `reg delete` commands.
- Expand documentation to include detailed precautions and references,
aiding users in understanding the implications of their actions
(addressing user feedback from #57, #131, #183, #185).
Other supporting changes:
- Convert hexadecimal values to decimal to enhance script readability.
- Refactor scripts to utilize shared functions, improving maintainability.
- Add detailed comments within the scripts to aid in comprehension.
- Minor updates to other crypto scripts for consistency.
- Reorganize protocol listing by age for a logical script flow.
- Standardize comments across various TLS configuration scripts for
clarity.
- Fix enabling DTLS 1.3 being categorized as disabling insecure
connection.
This commit improves the management of script execution process by
enhancing the way terminal commands are handled, paving the way for
easier future modifications and providing clearer feedback to users when
scripts are cancelled.
Previously, the UI displayed a generic error message which could lead to
confusion if the user intentionally cancelled the script execution. Now,
a specific error dialog will appear, improving the user experience by
accurately reflecting the action taken by the user.
This change affects code execution on Linux where closing GNOME terminal
returns exit code `137` which is then treated by script cancellation by
privacy.sexy to show the accurate error dialog. It does not affect macOS
and Windows as curret commands result in success (`0`) exit code on
cancellation.
Additionally, this update encapsulates OS-specific logic into dedicated
classes, promoting better separation of concerns and increasing the
modularity of the codebase. This makes it simpler to maintain and extend
the application.
Key changes:
- Display a specific error message for script cancellations.
- Refactor command execution into dedicated classes.
- Improve file permission setting flexibility and avoid setting file
permissions on Windows as it's not required to execute files.
- Introduce more granular error types for script execution.
- Increase logging for shell commands to aid in debugging.
- Expand test coverage to ensure reliability.
- Fix error dialogs not showing the error messages due to incorrect
propagation of errors.
Other supported changes:
- Update `SECURITY.md` with details on script readback and verification.
- Fix a typo in `IpcRegistration.spec.ts`.
- Document antivirus scans in `desktop-vs-web-features.md`.
This commit addresses reports in issue #131 about third-party cloud
services like MEGA and Dropbox being affected by hash disabling. It
updates the documentation to guide users on the potential impact,
adjusts the recommendation levels along with other minor improvements.
- Recommend hash disabling scripts in 'Strict'.
- Expand and refine documentation, adding warnings to inform user
decisions (addressing issues #57, #131, #175, #183).
- Add a new shared function to standardize hash disabling, increasing
code maintainability.
- Change from hexadecimal to decimal in scripts for clarity.
- Improve code comments for better understanding.
- Add comments in generated to code to make it easier to follow.
- Fix revert codes showing errors by using `2>nul` in `reg delete`
commands.
- Rename scripts for consistent naming conventions.
Supporting changes in other SSL/TLS handshake scripts:
- Update documentation for consistency.
- Rename shared functions for consistency and clarity.
- Improve generated code comments for clarity.
Due to changes in how Windows handles the Snipping Tool, this commit
reclassifies the tool's disablement into its own distinct category.
This update introduces alternative methods to disable the tool,
enhances documentation, and improves script functionality.
Changes include:
- Move Snipping Tool removal to a standalone category for clearer
navigation.
- Expand documentation to better describe the tool's impact on privacy.
- Add methods to disable the tool without removing the app.
- Implement a shared function to disable specific Windows hotkeys.
- Rename Cortana shortcut disablement script for consistency.
- Introduce 'Disable insecure ciphers' category to organize and group
cipher disabling scripts.
- Expand documentation, adding cautionary notes to help users make
informed decisions, addressing issues #57, #131, #175, and #183.
- Implement `DisableCipherAlgorithm` function to standardize the
approach to disabling cipher algorithms, enhancing maintainability
and promoting code reuse.
- Replace hexadecimal numbers with decimals in scripts to improve
readability.
- Add comments to generated code for better understandability.
- Update revert codes to avoid incorrect error messages when
operations are successful, using `2>nul` in `reg delete` commands.
- Rename scripts for consistency, incorporating 'insecure' in titles.
- Adjust recommendations to disable all insecure ciphers in 'Strict'
mode due to security risks, and recommend disabling `NULL` in
'Standard' mode as it removes encryption.
- Remove disabling of `DES 56`, correcting a redundancy as this cipher
configuration does not exist.
This commit improves script clarity and user guidance on disabling
insecure renegotiations.
- Update script name for clarity.
- Improve documentation for better understanding.
- Recommend the script as 'Strict' to align with its security focus.
- Modify revert codes to suppress misleading error messages upon
successful reversion by including `2>nul` in `reg delete` commands.
- Convert hexadecimal to decimal in registry commands to improve
readability.
Reorganize and document scripts for disabling network features,
enhancing their discoverability and manageability. This commit
categorizes scripts related to disabling insecure network connections,
improves documentation, and makes these scripts more accessible.
- Group scripts under `Disable insecure connections` category.
- Move SMBv1 and NetBios disablement scripts to this new category.
- Improve documentation, highlighting the security improvements
and potential compatibility issues with older systems.
Addresses issues #57, #115, #183, #175, and #185 by simplifying the
process of troubleshooting and reversing changes if necessary.
This commit refines the reversion process for disabled services,
including handling cases where a service is missing, and enhances
documentation related to default service states. It corrects the
startup mode for the `gupdatem` service from 'Automatic' to 'Manual'.
Key changes:
- Add documentation on default service states and startup types.
- Introduce `ignoreMissingOnRevert` to skip errors when reverting
missing services, improving the user experience.
- Standardize script titles for consistency across service
disablement scripts.
- Correct the startup type for `gupdatem` to 'Manual', aligning
it with its actual default state.
Supporting changes:
- Update `DisableService` function to support `ignoreMissingOnRevert`,
allowing more flexibility in handling missing services on revert.
- Change `treatMissingStateAsOk` to `ignoreMissingOnRevert` for
clarity and consistency.
This commit enhances the documentation related to disabling the firewall
services in Windows, with a focus on the `winget` CLI's functionality,
resolving #142.
Changes:
- Expand documentation to include implications on `winget` CLI,
addressing the issue #142.
- Add documentation for disabling `mpsdrv` service.
- Align documentation for disabling `mpssvc` service to match updates
made for `mpsrv` to maintain consistency across documentation.
- Introduce documentation for parent categories affected by scripts
that disable these services.
- Add documentation for parent categories for disabling these firewall
services.
The documentation aims to provide users with a comprehensive
understanding of how these changes affect both system performance and
security posture.
This commit improves the IntelliCode privacy settings for Visual Studio
by adjusting registry entries to prevent data collection without
impacting IntelliCode's functionality.
- Fix registry value setting for `DisableRemoteAnalysis` to prevent
unexpected hangs in Visual Studio.
This resolves issues reported in #267 and #268.
- Change the script recommentation level to 'Standard', and remove
previous warnings about potential hangups, based on the successful
mitigation of these issues.
This reverts 7f7a84e3ba.
- Incorporate feedback from an official Microsoft statement
(MicrosoftDocs/intellicode#510), acknowledging the discontinuation of
certain IntelliCode backend services. This renders the remote analysis
feature obsolete.
- Revise the documentation to make it more accessible and easier to
understand.
- Migrate feature disablement to PowerShell for clarity and robustness.
- Improve log outputs and error handling for missing or default-disabled
features. This fixes false-positive errors by treating the absence of
a targeted feature as a success condition, and treats features
disabled by the OS as non-issues.
- Fix revert logic to align with OS defaults, correcting previous
behavior that indiscriminately enabled features without considering
their default state.
- Fix usage of incorrect feature name for `LDPPrintService`, correcting
attempts to disable a non-existing feature.
- Standardize script recommendations for outdated or missing features
on modern Windows versions by recommending them on 'Standard'
selection, providing clearer guidance for users.
- Rename feature-related scripts for consistency with Windows display
names, improving consistency and script discoverability.
- Expand documentation for all feature-disabling scripts, adding
details such as display names, descriptions, and default states,
thereby informing users about the specifics and rationale of each
script.
- Rename `DisableFeature` function to `DisableWindowsFeature` for
increased descriptiveness and alignment with PowerShell conventions.
- Harmonize the use of the `DisableWindowsFeature` function across
scripts targeting various features, including SMBv1 and PowerShell
2.0 downgrade attacks, enhancing consistency and maintainability.
- Add code comments in the generated disable/enable feature scripts,
improving understandability for users.
- Add the ability to revert to default OS behavior for feature
enablement/disablement to align with OS defaults.
- Consolidate secret key improvement scripts into a single category.
- Simplify script names to improve user understanding.
- Expand and refine documentation, adding cautionary notes for clarity
and helping users make informed decisions (addresses issues #57, #131,
#175, #183).
- Adjust recommendation levels for scripts to 'Standard' to reflect
their adoption in modern Windows and align with security standards:
- Set Diffie-Hellman key exchange minimum to 2048 bits, matching
modern Windows defaults
- Align RSA key size with Microsoft's upcoming deprecation of 1024-bit
keys.
- Improve the revert process by suppressing false error messages using
`2>nul` in `reg delete` commands.
- Introduce a unified approach to adjust key sizes in key exchange
algorithms with `RequireMinimumKeySize` function.
- Modify the Diffie-Hellman key exchange to a 2048-bit minimum instead
of 4096 bits to balance security with broader software compatibility.
This attempts to reduce side-effects on third-party software as
reported in #57, #131, #183).
- Replace hexadecimal values with decimal equivalents in registry edits
to facilitate better maintainability and readability.
Key changes:
- Run URL checks more frequently on every change.
- Introduce environment variable to randomly select and limit URLs
tested, this way the tests will provide quicker feedback on code
changes.
Other supporting changes:
- Log more information about test before running the test to enable
easier troubleshooting.
- Move shuffle function for arrays for reusability and missing tests.
This commit improves Windows scripts related to phone apps, extending
documentation, renaming scripts for clarity, removing unnecessary
scripts and adjusting recommendation levels.
Changes:
- Add script to disable the 'Call' system app, identified as missing in
issue #279.
- Update documentation for each phone-related app to include
descriptions and cautionary advice, focusing on privacy and
system performance benefits.
- Rename scripts for better alignment with actual app names and to
correct misconceptions:
- 'Communications - Phone' to 'Microsoft Phone'
- 'Your Phone Companion' to 'Your Phone'
- Remove the script for deleting `Microsoft.Windows.Phone` package,
correcting a community misreport.
- Adjust recommendations to remove Phone-related apps, considering their
limited necessity for OS functionality and common software use.
This commit fixes dead URLs and updates documentation references,
improving accuracy and reliability.
Key changes:
- Fix dead URLs by using archived snapshots when they are detected as
down by tests.
- Update URLs to their new redirected locations.
Other supporting changes:
- Introduce long URLs for `archive.ph` links to retain the original
URLs within the documentation. It simplifies the maintenance by
removing the need to document the original locations along with the
short URLs.
- Improve some of the documentation to use more current sources,
replacing the outdated ones.
This commit addresses a regression from refactoring in #215.
It restores YAML escape mechanism with quoting around 'manual' in the
`powerShellValue` attribute to ensure PowerShell interprets the value
correctly.
This change is documented with a comment to avoid future omissions.
This reverts commit c27172c32e.
This commit improves the safety mechanisms in the script for deleting
OneDrive user data on Windows.
Key changes:
- System Integrity Protection: The script now checks if user shell
folders point to the OneDrive directory. If they do, it halts the
deletion and provides guidance to the user. This ensures system
stability is not compromised.
- Data Loss Prevention: The script will no longer delete files or
non-empty folders. This precaution helps to avoid unintended data
loss.
Other supporting changes:
- This script now covers OneDrive folders for multi-account users.
- Separation of concerns: The 'Remove OneDrive residual files' script is
is divided into two distinct scripts for better maintainability and
documentation clarity:
1. 'Remove OneDrive user data and synced folders'
2. 'Remove OneDrive installation files and cache'
- Fix an issue with the Windows 11 check in the 'Disable automatic
OneDrive installation' revert script.
- Update related documentation with archived URLs for reliability.
- Fix indentation of OneDrive removal scripts.
This commit introduces a more structured approach to starting, stopping,
and managing Windows services. By abstracting service control operations
into dedicated functions (`StopService`, `StartService`, etc.), it
improves code readability and facilitates future maintenance.
The modifications include:
- Creation of files (`%APPDIR%`\privacy.sexy-<serviceName>`) for
managing service restart states. This approach simplifies the process
of determining whether a service was running before the script
executed and should therefore be restarted afterward.
- Using `DeleteFiles` and `ClearDirectoryContents` functions to safely
remove files without affecting service operations. This is enabled by
using shared funtions for service operations.
This commit upgrades TypeScript to the latest version 5.3 and introduces
`verbatimModuleSyntax` in line with the official Vue guide
recommendatinos (vuejs/docs#2592).
By enforcing `import type` for type-only imports, this commit improves
code clarity and supports tooling optimization, ensuring imports are
only bundled when necessary for runtime.
Changes:
- Bump TypeScript to 5.3.3 across the project.
- Adjust import statements to utilize `import type` where applicable,
promoting cleaner and more efficient code.
