Stealing all your files to train AI. And they complain that MS Office gets pirated. Privacy and default Opt-Out needs to be a Federal Law. Corporations need to pay millions in fines when they violate that.
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2024
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They dont care about piracy unless its a large organization.
What about default opt-out on "don't automatically upload files to onedrive"
Ehh that's just file stealing. Could expect that from Microsoft
Jokes on them. I uploaded 1 TB of pirated content years ago before the 365 subscription expired and OneDrive hasn’t functioned since.
That would fail our current process of approving where we can store documents, just as well I have a Mac for work
That could be dangerous for those in domestic abuse situations! Oh gosh 😮😥
Time to switch to Linux
Uninstall OneDrive, problem solved.
*Uninstall Windows, problem solved.
FTFY
You say that as if it was easy, and as if it doesn't come back again a few Windows updates down the road.
I uninstalled onedrive with Geek Uninstaller on several of company PCs and none of it had come back.
It was easy for me, and has never come back. Then again, a lot of the fear mongering I see about windows has never been my experience with it.
#RUNBSD time
I love the journalism on that site, pretty direct