SigCheck privacy rating

Summary

SigCheck scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the Windows hardening criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

Score 50 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

• ✖No

  Open source ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

  Closed source.

• ✔Yes

  No trackers or telemetry ×3Weight 3 of 3

  Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

  The tool sends file hashes to VirusTotal only when that option is chosen, and the documentation site loads no third-party trackers.

  learn.microsoft.com

• ✔Yes

  No ads or data sales ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

  Free Microsoft Sysinternals utility with no ads.

  learn.microsoft.com

• ✖No

  Independent audit ×2Weight 2 of 3

  Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

  No independent audit is published.