Comment on Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”

BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Teams comes pre installed with windows these days.

  I recommend KDE Plasma on any linux distribution that comes with it for people interested in recovering their digital sovereignty.

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  • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If people moved to Linux and used FOSS software, these privacy violations wouldn’t even be a problem.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Most people who use teams do so on work devices, I can’t just install Linux on it.

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      • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I cant even delete a shortcut on my work microslop machine

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      • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah, of course.

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    • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If people moved to Linux

      When users connect to their organization’s WiFi…

      You think my employer would let me use Linux? Creeping on employees is how management feels important.

      I wouldn’t use Teams personally unless under extreme duress. Unfortunately professionally it is the norm.

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      • TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Disable your laptop webcam and microphone, use headset instead. I’ll be looking to see if I can switch to Teams web.

        I remember how a subcontractor’s company called me with a lot of private information I assume the subcontractor had spoken to them about. The subcontractor had no clue about it, which completely changed how I had been perceiving the situation. The problem is companies are using the excuse of keeping tabs on their workers to perform outright continuous surveillance on them and try to see how they can exploit any and all information they can salvage for their benefit, which becomes a problem when there is no clear division between personal and professional space.

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      For the next year or so.

      State law in California (and soon, Colorado), as well as UK and EU laws, are beginning to require OSs to spy on users and developers. Privacy-focused Linux and FOSS software will soon be deemed illegal in these jurisdictions. Which will make it a liability for companies, and force them back to shitty commercial offerings.

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There is a difference betwen the version for corporate (MS365 Business) and the consumer version.

    Yes, they have the same name.
    Yes, it’s confusing.

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• artyom@piefed.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t install anything that’s not FOSS anymore. Pretty much all of it is spyware at this point, because they can monetize it, and because users don’t give a fuck.

  Good news is, most of the time, you don’t have to.

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• Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You can’t even install it on Linux, they killed the native app years ago and now tell you to use the browser version

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  • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And then every link asks if you want to open in app, three extra clicks but worth it

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  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Linux client never worked in my experience anyway. In no coincidence, their Teams in browser never seemed to work in Linux either until a little after they killed the native app. I wonder if there were enough important clients that needed support for it and they caved and made it work.

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• pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m glad my work PC only operates in flight mode.

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