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 schizoidman   ( @schizoidman@lemmy.ml )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

www.neowin.net

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Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

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 schizoidman   ( @schizoidman@lemmy.ml )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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Microsoft quietly changed how folder backup works in the OneDrive app on Windows 11. Now, the OS enables it by default during the initial setup without asking the user for permission.
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    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.

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      They dont care about piracy unless its a large organization.

    •  DeaDvey   ( @DeaDvey@lemmy.ml ) 
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      What about default opt-out on “don’t automatically upload files to onedrive”

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  •  Matt The Horwood   ( @mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud ) 
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    That would fail our current process of approving where we can store documents, just as well I have a Mac for work

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    Uninstall OneDrive, problem solved.

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      You say that as if it was easy, and as if it doesn’t come back again a few Windows updates down the road.

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        I uninstalled onedrive with Geek Uninstaller on several of company PCs and none of it had come back.

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        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.

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    #RUNBSD time

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    I love the journalism on that site, pretty direct

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