Privacy Ratings

Windows hardening

WPD privacy rating

A portable Windows tool that uses the Windows API to configure group policy, services, tasks and firewall rules related to telemetry, and to remove preinstalled apps.

Summary

WPD scores 20 out of 100 (grade F) on the Windows hardening criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit.

Score 20 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

  • No

    Open source Weight 3 of 3

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

    Closed source.

  • No

    No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3

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

    Closed source with no privacy policy or telemetry statement, so the absence of tracking cannot be checked.

  • Yes

    No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

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

    Free and without ads, supported by donations.

    wpd.app

  • No

    Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

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

    No independent audit is published.

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