AgentBoom

@AgentBoom@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edge’s free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like Opera VPN: they change your location and call it a VPN, but it works like a proxy in their browser. In this case, it’s powered by Cloudflare and works like a limited proxy version of WARP, connecting to the nearest server available instead of changing your country. I think a built-in VPN for the OS with an option to disable it in certain apps would be better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft claims "2026 is the moment" for AI PCs, but its essay-length beginner explanation only creates more confusion — Is it any wonder adoption is slow?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are some jobs that need a PC just for basic tasks like sending and receiving messages and emails. Of course they could use a phone for this, but computers have bigger screens. They only need access to the Internet, a frendly GUI, and permissions controls. The way things are going, even big companies will switch to Linux when Windows 10 support finally ends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft 365's buggy Copilot 'Chat' has been summarizing confidential emails for a month — yet another AI privacy nightmare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I used their AI for months, until I read a comparison between multiple AIs and I found out it gave bad results. I thought all of them were very stubborn giving the same wrong answer all the time, but ChatGPT changed my mind. Now I can’t even imagine such ineffective tool having access to sensitive information like emails.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most common bloatware we found on laptops and how to get rid of them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The most annoying bloatware I found in a laptop is HP Analytics. Its only purpose is to get data from you and sell it. It works in the background and you only notice it because the laptop is slow for unknown reasons. To “delete it”, you must disable its service. If you want, you can change its folders permissions so you can delete them as admin. But it will install itself again in a few weeks and you will have to remove it once more, unless you never update Windows and drivers. HP Analytics works like a malware, but antivirus won’t detect it. And you can find this on every HP modern laptop, so it’s very common.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Alternatives, Ranked⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised, nobody is mentioning WhatsApp as an alternative. They released usernames a few months ago, all messages are end-to-end encrypted, will add voice and video calls to WhatsApp Web, many people and companies have an account there already… It would be an easy migration, but awful for privacy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now Discord users are furious and canceling Nitro. I wonder where they will go if the update gets released.