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You can turn it off. Opt-out is still bullshit.
you can turn it off (for now)
You can make yourself believe that you turned it off for now*
Yes Ms is secretly stealing from users across the world and yet not a single security researcher has found it. AND ALEXA IS LISTENING TO ME 24X365 DAYS A YEAR!
They do find it regularly. Its not even a secret, they are openly advertising it as a feature.
It is... thats its purpose...
I think you are in the wrong place on lemmy if you are so willingly blind to the realities of tech companies.
Exaggerating what is quite literally happening to make yourself sound smart actually just makes you look like a total dumbfuck.
Forgot the /s?
until your computer force reboots itself in the middle of the day to do updates it didn't tell you about, and you log back in and later that night find it uploaded all your shit to the cloud and just for good measure deleted some of it too as a fuck you
it's the Microsoft way
The true opt out is to stop using Microsoft products
You can't opt out, most healthcate providers use windows.
Mental health awareness? No thanks, I rather just write in a journal and talk to myself in the mirror as therapy.
You guys are getting healthcare?
The dentist asked me to sign a waiver so they could use AI...I'm looking for another dentist
I don't trust Microsoft not to flip that switch back when I'm not looking.
Microsoft all about opting out rather than opting in.
Perks of not signing into Windows/Office with a Microsoft account.... Oh wait