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Are the Microsoft DigitalSafety Policies normal? (rant; not important; boring) (web.archive.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I've read the linked policy and believe it or not, but turns out we literally cannot use Microsoft Services to conduct crimes against Humanity or do things that are illegal in +99% of all countries.

I'm usually not easily triggered, but why should I pay for a Corp that seems to view me as a malware and spam distributing pedophile terrorist bully that is involved in drug trade and human trafficking?

And who exactly is this aimed for? Which criminal on god's forsaken earth will read this and conclude, oh darn it, guess I need to stop my operations then?

Also, the Services Agreement etc. is full of language like "we might delete your account and Data for reason X, Y or Z or maybe for no reason at all lol", which is itself bullying and causes stress, cuz for example, it's still not clear whether we can use stuff like Cryptomator, Joplin or Duplicati (never had a Problem with it, but still, why not clarify that instead of "don't commit stuff that will land you in a Cell in Den Haag")

I know most of you use Linux, and this might be what finally pushes me to that step too. Never saw an Ad in MS, it's not bloated, and I trust Defender, BitLocker, Core Isolation, Secure Boot and the Memory and Folder Protection stuff, but don't need to be insulted like that. Just need to find an Office Writer with tracked Changes in Balloons, LanguageTool support and something like AHK.

Bonus Question. Has anyone a batch/torrent Download link for 1 TB of Public Domain Images? Doesn't matter what it is, Art, Space, Stock images, just something that is ok with the MS Guidelines. I might not use the storage anymore, but I'm sure gonna use it.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I feel like you are taking this way more personally than it's intended. Most companies write stuff like this so the government can't sue them. Basically, Microsoft is just covering their own ass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thank you, that's ~~probably~~ what I needed to hear 🙈

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You know those “do not lick the flagpole” signs?

They’re not there because the building owners think YOU will lick the flagpole. They’re there because someone else already HAS licked the flagpole.

MS adds these things because there is legal consequence to them allowing certain groups to use their software. So they explicitly call out that those groups cannot legally use their software.

That way if an Iranian arms dealing pedophile is caught using their software, Microsoft doesn’t get sanctioned by the US government.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

"Iranian arms dealing pedophile" 😅 🕳 🏃 😆