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To everyone when they see horrible privacy news about Microsoft replying with:
"I don't care, I use Linux"
Sure, you do. But does your medical clinic do? Does your therapist do? Does your family member typing a personal email to you in Word before sending it do too?
This is a systemic problem.
You cannot protect your own data only by using Linux yourself. You must also demand stronger regulations and enforcement to obligate organizations around to protect your data as well.
MS Word is Using You to Train AI - ILLUMINATION - Medium
Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on…Dr. Casey Lawrence (ILLUMINATION)
"To all my writer friends that use MS Word - Microsoft has turned their Al bits and bots on to automatically go through anything done via Word. Here's how to turn it off. File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Connected Experiences"
On the Mac I found it under Word/Excel/Etc > Preferences > Privacy, and near the bottom was the checkbox for "Turn on optional connected experiences" which of course was on by default.
"I made #LibreOffice look more like #Microsoft #Office, and you should too" he wrote. In the article he wrote "Microsoft's UI is simply better".
By an insane metric, I dare adding 😱
https://www.xda-developers.com/made-libreoffice-look-like-microsoft-office-you-should-too/
I made LibreOffice look more like Microsoft Office, and you should too
Switching to LibreOffice may be jarring at first, but with a couple of tweaks, you can make it look like Microsoft Office.Anurag Singh (XDA)
#Kernel-level anti-cheats are the next tech disaster waiting to happen
1) use #freeasinLibre operative systems
2) if you are compelled to use #Microsoft #Windows keep it confined in a Virtual Machine #VM (as a last option keep it on a removable drive)
3) do **not** play games that requires abominations such as #kernelLevelAntiCheat
https://www.xda-developers.com/kernel-level-anti-cheat-tech-disaster/
Kernel-level anti-cheats are the next tech disaster waiting to happen
One bad update could render your PC unusable.Adam Conway (XDA)
"Prima di #Microsoft, #BillGates risolse un problema di matematica impossibile" scrivono su https://tech.everyeye.it/notizie/microsoft-bill-gates-risolse-problema-matematica-impossibile-731913.html
È la primissima volta che ne leggo. Vi risulta? Io sapevo che nemmeno s'era laureato…
> Prima di Microsoft, Bill Gates pubblicò un brillante articolo scientifico su un complicato problema matematico di ordinamento dei pancake.
Il prossimo disastro "Crowdstrike Falcon" e l'urgenza di scegliere le nostre tecnologie
Neanche un mese fa il mondo occidentale ha sperimentato le conseguenze del monopolio informatico di Microsoft. Tra aeroporti paralizzati e un danno minimo stimato in 15 miliardi di dollari.Stefano Borroni Barale (Altreconomia)
