Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easily (www.theregister.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to privacy@lemmy.ml on 14 Oct 05:18
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cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/50937777

According to Microsoft’s documentation, a user can only change the setting to enable or disable the new People section three times a year.

#privacy

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floofloof@lemmy.ca on 14 Oct 05:33 next collapse

However, it is that seemingly arbitrary three-times-a-year limit applied to the People section that is most concerning. Why not four? Why not as many times as a user wants?

Possibly because deleting or recreating the data is resource-intensive on the servers. It might actually be a good sign that Microsoft really removes the data, not just mark it inactive, when you turn the feature off.

gezero@lemmy.bowyerhub.uk on 14 Oct 13:52 next collapse

It’s 3 because

On Off On

Now wait 1 year

ganymede@lemmy.ml on 15 Oct 01:35 collapse

exactly

default: on

user: explicitly turns off

random “update”: defaults back on

Now wait 1 year

herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml on 14 Oct 15:47 next collapse

Fuck Microsoft. I’m not using OneDrive.

hetzlemmingsworld@lemmings.world on 14 Oct 20:32 next collapse

“Microsoft OneDrive is rolling out AI face recognition for your photos.” To disable (for now), go to Privacy & Permissions → People section. (if you are in EU, maybe it is deactivated by default) source: x.com/ProtonDrive/status/1978109833690665463

#microsoft #onedrive #privacy #ai

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 15 Oct 03:28 next collapse

i wonder why they were pushing so aggressively for it’s adoption on computers.

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space on 22 Oct 12:33 collapse

Oh man am I gonna double down on deleting my MS stuff. Gj guys!