this post was submitted on 21 May 2024
0 points (NaN% liked)

Technology

59587 readers
2940 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
enu@lemmy.world
0
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by tal@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Okay this made me turn off copilot. Here is the registry stuff to disable it:

Step 1: Open Run and type regedit to enter Registry Editor.
Step 2: Please go to this path from the left panel.
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
Step 3: Right-click on the Windows folder to choose New > Key and rename this new key to WindowsCopilot.
create a WindowsCopilot key
Step 4: Select this WindowsCopilot key and right-click on the space from the right panel to choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Step 5: Then rename this newly-added value to TurnOffWindowsCopilot and double-click on it to change its Value data to 1.

Then you can click OK to save it, close the window, and reboot your PC to check if you have uninstalled Copilot from Windows 11.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

stuff to disable it

False. Anti-libre software, Windows, bans us from proving its claims.

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Until the next thing comes along in a week. Windows doesn't respect user freedom, because it is not the user's OS; it is Microsoft's OS.

If it's not FOSS, you are the product.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

With anti-libre software, we are not the user, we are the used.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So Windows is trying to become Facebook?

[–] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Probably trying to cash in on some sweet intelligence agency and law enforcement funding for helping the government bypass the 4th Amendment by supplying the government with your data.

[–] FRAnkly@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Ministry of truth is officially scared about what you know because you have seen it so it maps everything you ever saw and puts it in context to forge a formidable cherrypicked narrative. Leave windows. Go foss.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 0 points 6 months ago

only works on purpose built “Copilot” devices and looks to be disabled by default

definitely funky but not as bad as other AI moves that users didn’t get to chose whether it showed up

[–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 0 points 6 months ago

Recall won't take snapshots of [...] DRM-protected content.

At least the movie industry will survive this unscathed. Thanks Microsoft. 👍