Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk (www.windowslatest.com)
from recursive_recursion@piefed.ca to privacy@lemmy.ca on 19 Nov 01:36
https://piefed.ca/c/privacy/p/345127/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent-that-runs-in-background-with-access-to-personal-folders-warns

cross-posted from: piefed.zip/…/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent-that-r…

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DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca on 19 Nov 02:37 next collapse

Another reason on the pile - or more specifically an inflation of an existing reason - to not “upgrade”. Thanks for making the choice even easier, Microscum

cyborganism@lemmy.ca on 19 Nov 03:11 next collapse

Fucking hell I’m glad I switched to Linux for my desktop. If I could only convince the rest of my family.

FauxLiving@lemmy.world on 19 Nov 12:06 collapse

Challenge them to watch 10 YouTube videos or browse 10 websites on their machine vs your machine. Then ask them to save the YouTube video as an .mp3 file.

It’s always horrifying when I start up a default Edge browser and load literally any webpage. Popover frames, video and audio ads that autoplay, floating ad windows. They’ll all technically have the ability to close them as long as you can touch the 3 pixel wide X button that is directly over the ad so mis-clicking loads a different web page or starts the Windows Store or some other nonsense.

cyborganism@lemmy.ca on 19 Nov 14:08 collapse

I was going to say “it’s okay, at least I installed an ad blocker.” But I remembered that Google disabled that shit on all Chrome based browsers including Edge.

FauxLiving@lemmy.world on 19 Nov 15:05 collapse

Yeah, manifestv3 killed anything but the most basic ad blocking.

hcf@sh.itjust.works on 19 Nov 04:01 next collapse

OH MY GOD MICROSOFT, WHO FUCKING ASKED?!

salacious_coaster@infosec.pub on 19 Nov 06:32 collapse

Microsoft’s shareholders, obviously.

nik282000@lemmy.ca on 19 Nov 17:48 next collapse

This feature is completely optional and is never turned on by default.

AI desktops sound like a privacy nightmare but right in the article they say, it’s not the default. Every time MS adds another shitware feature there is lots of warning, like this, and there is time for concerned users to find work arounds or jump ship to a more sane OS. We need less clickbait titles and more “how do we work around it” because MS doens’t care about users needs or concerns only increasing revenue.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Nov 01:46 next collapse

May be how it starts though

nik282000@lemmy.ca on 21 Nov 13:40 collapse

Then start migrating. You could set yourself on fire, as protest, in front of the Microsoft head office and they would just count it as ‘engagement.’

BCsven@lemmy.ca on 21 Nov 02:27 collapse

One update can flip those switches

nik282000@lemmy.ca on 21 Nov 13:38 collapse

You know which OS wont flip a switch to enable AI slop features? EVERY OTHER OS

Install Linux or BSD, if you are rich buy a Mac that needs replacing in 3 years.

Silar@lemmy.ml on 21 Nov 00:34 collapse

Anyone else have zero trust in windows?

RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip on 21 Nov 12:44 collapse

I have negative trust in Windows, in that I trust them to always fuck things up.