Windows 10 has brought with it features like Cortana and Wi-Fi Sense. Wi-Fi Sense is basically a crossover from Windows phone. Despite its benefits, disabling this feature is essential as it may hamper your security and privacy.

1. DISABLING Wi-Fi SENSE IN WINDOWS 10
Learn how to disable this feature completely in the latest
version of Windows

2. INTRODUCTION
The new ‘Wi-Fi Sense’ feature of Windows 10 is a
very powerful tool. Managing Wi-Fi connections
while outside your home network can be a headache at
times. With Wi-Fi Sense enabled, Windows 10 will
automatically sign you into open Wi-Fi networks, as
well as private networks that your Outlook, Skype,
and Facebook contacts have logged into—so you
won’t have to manually sign into the network when
you visit your friend’s house.

3. UPGRADING TO WINDOWS 10
A new aspect of Windows 10; enhanced security is the
primary reason of upgradation to this latest version of
Windows by many users. Touted as the most secure version of
Windows, the new features include
• Advanced Biometric logins
• Iris scanning
• Fingerprint scanning
• Facial recognition
• Advanced Phishing protection using a cloud-based system

4. WHAT IS Wi-Fi SENSE?
Wi-Fi Sense helps in connecting to Wi-Fi- hotspots
automatically. It can repeatedly connect you to open
Wi-Fi networks that other Windows users have
crowdsourced, by connecting to them. These are
usually open Wi-Fi hotspots you see when you are
out and about. When one of these crowdsourced
hotspots is in range, Wi-Fi Sense can connect you to
it automatically giving you Internet access.

5. CONNECTING WITH Wi-Fi SENSE
Wi-Fi Sense automatically connects you to nearby
Wi-Fi networks, helping you to save your mobile
data for when you really need it and giving you more
Internet connectivity options. Wi-Fi Sense can do a
lot of things to get you connected to the Internet
using Wi-Fi, so you don't have to do them on your
own.

6. BENEFITS OF Wi-Fi SENSE
• Automatically connecting you to crowdsourced
open Wi-Fi networks it knows about
• Accepting a Wi-Fi network's terms of use on your
behalf and providing additional info for you to
networks that require it
• Letting you exchange password-protected Wi-Fi
network access with your contacts to give and get
Internet access without seeing each other's Wi-Fi
network passwords

7. SHARING Wi-Fi ACCESS WITH CONTACTS
You can share access to password-protected Wi-Fi
networks to give your Facebook friends, Outlook.com
contacts or Skype contacts internet access without
seeing each other's Wi-Fi network passwords. Your
contacts and friends are then automatically connected
to the Wi-Fi network you share if they're using Wi-Fi
Sense. Likewise, you can automatically connect to
Wi-Fi networks; they share with you to give you
Internet access.

8. SECURITY AND PRIVACY
• Wi-Fi Sense indirectly erodes the concept of user
privacy and the need for best security practices
• Shared information on Wi-Fi Sense is stored by
Microsoft on their servers, making the information
susceptible to bugs
• Sharing network information with someone on
Facebook, Outlook or Skype, gives everyone present
in your contacts list on Facebook, Outlook or Skype,
access to your network information

9. HOW TO DISABLE Wi-Fi SENSE?
• Open the Start menu, type in Wi-Fi in the search box
• Click on ‘Change Wi-Fi settings’
• In the Settings tab, click on ‘Manage Wi-Fi settings’
• Once there, you will notice checkboxes for Outlook, Skype
and Facebook contacts
• Uncheck all the boxes
• This ensures that Wi-Fi Sense and open password sharing
with your friends and contacts, is disabled

10. THANK YOU
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