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

[-] Zier@fedia.io 48 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

They dont care about piracy unless its a large organization.

[-] DeaDvey@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

What about default opt-out on "don't automatically upload files to onedrive"

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 34 points 4 months ago

Ehh that's just file stealing. Could expect that from Microsoft

[-] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Jokes on them. I uploaded 1 TB of pirated content years ago before the 365 subscription expired and OneDrive hasn’t functioned since.

[-] mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud 15 points 4 months ago

That would fail our current process of approving where we can store documents, just as well I have a Mac for work

[-] AnalogPrincess@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

That could be dangerous for those in domestic abuse situations! Oh gosh 😮😥

[-] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

Uninstall OneDrive, problem solved.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

*Uninstall Windows, problem solved.

FTFY

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago

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

[-] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 2 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] Gigasser@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Time to switch to Linux

[-] deFrisselle@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago

#RUNBSD time

[-] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

I love the journalism on that site, pretty direct

[+] MoonManKipper@lemmy.world -40 points 4 months ago

It’s not difficult to turn off.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

It will turn itself back on during a background update, though. Should I be expected to check it daily to make sure Microscam isn't stealing my data?

[-] Wooki@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you HAVE to use the toilet of an OS. Use a system(machine) startup script that runs a cleanupon every boot. Its a hot mess solution to a hot mess OS. But at the end of the day they cannot be trusted and changes are coming to windows access levels which will prevent the cleanup of “essential” apps, services, and configurations.

So switch to Mint.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

switch to Mint.

That's the right move!

[-] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 4 points 4 months ago

Should not, wonder if there's any adguard/pihole lists to smack OneDrive/box/Dropbox/etc domains and just take these services out before they can start.

[-] Dreyns@lemmy.ml 31 points 4 months ago

Well everything is dandy fine then ? It's no problem if someone does anything without consent as long as you can "easily" do something about it heh ?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Yeah, the body has a way of shutting that whole thing down.

[-] mihor@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Indeed, it's that rapist mentality, just like Rossmann calls it out in his videos.

[-] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Microsoft: It's not difficult to turn back on

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

It's just an innocent bug that happens every update!

[-] lockhart@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Like a cockroach?

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