Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11

salacious_coaster@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• MudMan@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They did what, now? I have no Copilot features turned on in my PC, and I actually have a certified Copilot+ laptop.

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  • salacious_coaster@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    theverge.com/…/windows-11-microsoft-ai-features-c…

    I don’t care how much Microsoft tries to assure me that a screen scanning and indexing software can be toggled off. I don’t want that kind of spyware on my computer at all.

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    • MudMan@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Right, so when you said "forced it on everyone" you meant "the feature existing at all even if it's optional".

      See, I don't have a problem with the latter, that's legitimate. But you implied the former, and the former is false.

      Now, I don't like the feature and I absolutely turned it off the moment it (finally) got patched into my supported PCs. But it's worth noting that similar features are present on Android phones (from all the way back on Google Assistant to the upcoming Magic Cue), Apple phones (via Visual Intelligence and Siri) and other PC and phone manufacturers. I recommend turning them all off, but this isn't a Windows-specific thing, it's a pretty widespread fad.

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      • salacious_coaster@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. It’s malware on my computer against my will (or would have been, had I not switched). I’m not comforted that I can supposedly toggle the malware off. I don’t like it on any platform. Your dismissiveness and attempted normalization of corporate spyware is disconcerting.

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  • DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Recall

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    • FishFace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This backlash prompted Microsoft to postpone its rollout.[2][4] Microsoft changed the feature to opt-in and provided instructions for how to remove it.

      Not something “forced on everyone”?

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    • MudMan@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes, that's toggleable on settings and off on default. I also remapped the copilot button back to being right click.

      I mean, they're pretty useless features and I wish they had spent more time working on better stuff, but... you know, I turned it off.

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      • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Microsoft: he thinks it’s actually off lmao

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• zrst@lemmy.cif.su ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nah.

  It was never fine.

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