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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny_Fox" data-source="post: 865994" data-attributes="member: 82776"><p>Please help me understand correctly, when I disable below options, Edge does not send URL to Microsoft (<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#personalizationreportingenabled" target="_blank">source1</a> and <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#personalizationreportingenabled" target="_blank">source2</a>)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]234905[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]234906[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>To compensate Smartscreen being disabled:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><a href="https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/pdffkfellgipmhklpdmokmckkkfcopbh" target="_blank">Install AdGuard </a>(only enable Peter's Low and your EasyList country specific filter when you use Edge anti-tracking) and enable Adguard's <a href="https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/how-malware-protection-works" target="_blank">Browsing Security</a> which is based on Google Safe Browsing (and when I am correct also Yandex's Safe browsing).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Enable WD's <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/network-protection" target="_blank">network protection</a> using ConfgureDefender</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Disable executable code download from insecure websites: edge://flags/#treat-unsafe-downloads-as-active-content<br /> 95% of the malware is distributed from insecure (HTTP) websites. When you don't want to use Adguard you could use the Edge flag to prevent executable downloads from insecure sources, but (WARNING) this also blocks downloads from Microsoft's own extension webstore (yes it is ridiculous and typical Microsoft).</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny_Fox, post: 865994, member: 82776"] Please help me understand correctly, when I disable below options, Edge does not send URL to Microsoft ([URL='https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#personalizationreportingenabled']source1[/URL] and [URL='https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#personalizationreportingenabled']source2[/URL]) [ATTACH type="full" alt="1584352061102.png"]234905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1584352568241.png"]234906[/ATTACH] To compensate Smartscreen being disabled: [LIST=1] [*][URL='https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/pdffkfellgipmhklpdmokmckkkfcopbh']Install AdGuard [/URL](only enable Peter's Low and your EasyList country specific filter when you use Edge anti-tracking) and enable Adguard's [URL='https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/how-malware-protection-works']Browsing Security[/URL] which is based on Google Safe Browsing (and when I am correct also Yandex's Safe browsing). [*]Enable WD's [URL='https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/network-protection']network protection[/URL] using ConfgureDefender [*]Disable executable code download from insecure websites: edge://flags/#treat-unsafe-downloads-as-active-content 95% of the malware is distributed from insecure (HTTP) websites. When you don't want to use Adguard you could use the Edge flag to prevent executable downloads from insecure sources, but (WARNING) this also blocks downloads from Microsoft's own extension webstore (yes it is ridiculous and typical Microsoft). [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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