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& Microsoft is sooo soft-in-the-head as to believe that we ought trust them, after this,

& the previous fiasco,

& the one before that,

& https://search.theregister.com/?q=microsoft+security+privacy&site=

( you may need to go through a few hundred pages there, to see it all )

This is their DNA: it isn't going to change, now.

My 10 year prediction - Microsoft does a full transition to a services company:

• Basic Windows is free, even for OEMs
• Windows Professional becomes a subscription thing, maybe you get it as part of your Azure AD sub
• Things like Recall or not having ads are extra subscriptions

security issues as in its very existence?

Yeah I don’t know what to do with this. I’m about to start to start wfh and handle a lot of data that cannot be shared and comes with big fines for mishandling. I have to have office, mainly excel. Is Apple my only option? I know Linux exists, but I’m not a power user, I struggle with my printer.

Too little too late, I'm not getting any more versions of windows.

So it will use AI to auto detect penises to prevent embarrassing video recordings.

Oh.... Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft.

A friend of mine tried one of their "special offers" he nearly got himself lobotomized!

I feel like not wanting to do the work for certain Steam games is what keeps me on windows for my personal use (work makes the decision on my work machine).

I know it’s possible, I just don’t want to do the work

It feels like these huge ass companies are just testing people's reactions before they do something these days.

Pretty sure they already said it would be opt-in. This is just planned damage control. The fools have already shown their hand. Again.

"Make it opt-in" (for 6 months) At this point, Microsoft is the biggest advisement for Linux desktop

They'll always play right on or just over the line to see when/how people push back. They knew what they were doing, they started at a 9 intentionally so that people push back to and live with a 7

Not only is Recall a huge security risk, but I genuinely don't get the point of it (other than just being a way for Microsoft to get ad data). Like, 'remember what you last did on your computer!' like uh yeah it's called having a memory. Like unless you literally have severe memory problems (where using a computer is probably the least of your concerns) this is pointless.

Trust is difficult to earn and easy to lose.

Rather than not install it to begin with. Leeches

"We won't turn it on and will never use it to spy on you" says government backed surveillance monopoly know for sneaking spyware into products and making it impossible to remove.

How do you "fix" the security issues of a program that is literally designed to spy on you?

I've just switched to Linux Mint and I'm not ever coming back. That's how I "fixed it."

Opt-in but you get an annoying full screen popup every boot, like for the windows11 upgrade. It's only a matter of time, til they sell AI recall features as Win12 and then beg you to upgrade for free, pretty please!