Data Privacy

Microsoft believes in the cloud, and that philosophy definitely shows in Windows 10. By default, most of your settings, data and personal information is going to sync across your various devices. But read up on Microsoft’s privacy policy and you start to wonder if it’s a good idea to store all of your data in the cloud.

Apple, on the other hand, has a strong pro-privacy stance. macOS features differential privacy mechanisms that help protect user data, and Apple goes a long way toward keeping a lot of your non-iCloud data off of its servers. Not only that, but features like FileVault 2 and anti-tracking mechanisms in Safari can also help you keep your data from prying eyes.