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Experimental C# Windows 11 privacy hardening framework(not just an app)

by chiengineer·Feb 19, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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Enterprise Windows 11 hardening with privilege separation, but O&O ShutUp++ exists.

Strengths
  • •Privilege separation architecture (UI as standard user, service as LocalSystem) is security-conscious design
  • •YAML policy definitions make policies inspectable and reproducible, not black-box registry hacks
  • •Drift detection and automatic reversibility solve the real pain of Windows updates undoing hardening
Weaknesses
  • •O&O ShutUp++ and W11Privacy already dominate this space with polished GUIs and broader adoption
  • •Early stage with only 11 commits; GitHub stats show zero stars, suggesting limited real-world validation
  • •Windows 11 Enterprise-only targeting limits audience to corporate environments
Category
Security
Target Audience

Windows 11 Enterprise administrators, privacy-conscious users

Similar To

O&O ShutUp++ · W11Privacy · WPD (Windows Privacy Dashboard)

Post Description

Introducing Towel Protocol

Yes It works / Based on windows 11 enterprise / Has avalonia UI

100% created with a couple days work with AI github copilot pro plus with vs code

windows 11 introduced lots and lots of AI / new telemetry / the old tools released projects and basically everything released out hasn't caught up so I decided to create over 10+ tools with different ideas implementations and they weren't good enough deleted all of them and made this one with C# and works great so good its now free forever!

Individual Policy Selection: Granular control - select exactly which policies to apply

Privilege Separation: UI runs as standard user, service runs as LocalSystem

Audit Mode: Inspect current system state before making changes

Full Reversibility: All changes can be rolled back

Drift Detection: Monitors for changes after Windows updates

Profiles: Balanced, Hardened, and Maximum Privacy presets

Restore Points: Automatic system restore point creation

Transparent: Every change is logged and explainable

- donations are welcome - helps me digest more gallons of coffee to make more cool stuff

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