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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This isn't about protecting your IP. This is about the incredibly shaky legal ground Microsoft is standing on by making it the default to slurp up all your files.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I feel an EU lawsuit incoming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The files are the IP.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yup, and Microsoft just takes copies of those files by default. The legality of which is dubious at best.