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Media Player

Windows Media Player also likes to communicate with the Internet. Here, you can access three options that make sure that your privacy is protected. Click Highest Security to select all three options at once.

Do not acquire licenses automatically prevents Media Player from automatically acquiring licenses for the playback of protected media.

Do not allow websites to identify player prevents Media Player from sending an ID that allows websites to uniquely identify your computer.

Disable automatic codec download prevents Media Player from automatically downloading components for the playback of unknown audio formats.