Major Privacy Version 0.98.1.1 Beta Release

Introducing MajorPrivacy: Premier Privacy and Security Tool for Windows

MajorPrivacy represents a significant advancement in privacy and security applications for Windows users, providing exceptional control over process management, file access, and network communication. This tool is an evolution of the PrivateWin10 project and harnesses advanced kernel-level protections to build a robust environment that thoroughly secures user data and maintains the integrity of the system. What sets MajorPrivacy apart from conventional solutions is its groundbreaking approach that limits access to encrypted volumes exclusively to authorized applications, making it a pioneering encryption tool in the market.

Key Features of MajorPrivacy – Your Ultimate Privacy & Security Solution

Process Protection: Prevent unauthorized applications from interfering with system processes, regardless of administrative permissions.
Software Restriction: Eliminate unwanted applications and DLLs, ensuring that only trusted software executes on your system.

Revolutionary Encrypted Volume Management

Secure Storage: Generate encrypted disk images tailored for safeguarding sensitive data.
Exclusive Access: Uniquely designed to allow only authorized applications access to mounted encrypted volumes, blocking all unauthorized attempts.
File & Folder Protection: Enforce strict controls on sensitive files to prevent unauthorized modifications or access.
Advanced Network Firewall: Determine which applications can send or receive data over the internet, enhancing overall security.
DNS Monitoring & Filtering: Monitor domain access and block unwanted sites, with Pi-hole compatible filtering options on the horizon.
Tweak Engine: Disable telemetry, cloud features, and intrusive Windows functionalities for enhanced privacy.

Why Choose MajorPrivacy?

Kernel-Level Security: Provides protection at the core of the operating system.
Unmatched Encryption Protection: Safeguards mounted encrypted volumes from unauthorized access.
Full System Control: Flexibly block, isolate, or restrict processes based on user requirements.
Enhanced Privacy: Prevents Windows and applications from collecting non-essential data.
Ideal for Privacy-Conscious Users: Essential for IT professionals and users seeking comprehensive control over their systems.

What’s New in MajorPrivacy 0.98.1.1 Beta?

This version includes substantial improvements and vital fixes that enhance usability, system integration, and localization. A highlight is the full translation support for the application interface and tweaks, currently available in AI-assisted German and Polish, a Turkish translation contributed by the community, and Simplified Chinese. Users are invited to contribute additional language translations via the forum.
Enhanced compatibility is now part of the installer, as it bundles the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, which is critical for the ImDisk user interface.
Key bug fixes address several installation and connectivity issues, such as improper removal of the driver during uninstallation and network share failures. Users must now utilize full UNC paths for rules concerning shared resources. Configuration persistence problems on system shutdown have also been rectified, along with visibility issues in protected folders and rule precedence in enclave conditions.
The underlying driver code has been revamped, establishing a foundation for improved maintainability and future advancements.
Additionally, a hotfix for MajorPrivacy-v0.98.1.1.exe (0.98.1a) addresses issue #71.