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Catbus@catbus.bsky.social |
i'm so old i remember when we called this shit 'spyware'
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@playon.bsky.social
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JFC, is there a way to turn that off? I'm a Linux user so don't have to use Windows too often thankfully.
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Sarcasmorator
@sarcasmorator.bsky.social
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It is difficult for me to imagine a feature (INCLUDING generative bloo-blah assistance, which I despise) that I could want less
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The Mediocre Key of Solomon
@lizdamnit.bsky.social
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@ingforart.bsky.social remind me to investigate options to windows.... by the time my current machine craps out, god knows what features these will have.
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Dr Brooke Magnanti
@belledejour.bsky.social
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Finally, all those nerds making backdoor exploits are out of a jo- oh shit
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Julian (They/Them)
@dazerla.bsky.social
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I believe you can turn it off, and it's supposed to be opt in not opt out. Also according to them all the data is supposed to be stored locally. God's only know how much space that will take.
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cdpositive
@cdpositive.bsky.social
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Link please? Thx!!
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Alan "the Truth shall make ye flee" J
@n5iln.bsky.social
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But now they’ve found a way to market it as a feature.
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Chimera Chimera! 🏳️🌈
@chimerachimera.bsky.social
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Never expected to feel forced into Linux instead of being something to use as an enthusiast, but here we are
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grumace
@grumace.bsky.social
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I wonder if this is legally actionable. This is intrusive in a way that could actually set some precedent for AI data capture
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BriteHope
@britehope.bsky.social
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that's gonna slow everyone's computers down so damn much
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Nero ☭ 🇦🇷🏳️⚧️
@ner0.bsky.social
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we still do, but users were cinvinced that being spied on was totally okay and even a good thing
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-indy ✨
@indigo-k.com
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Right? Who knew Microsoft would be touting this as a feature
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Whomst'd've Thefuckedly
@whomstdvefuckedly.bsky.social
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Which is why at home I use Ubuntu for most everything I need to do. And have windows sidebooted for when I need something that is only compatible with Windows, which with modern versions of Proton and Wine isn't a whole hell of a lot of things.
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Arcturus SaDiablo
@asadiablo.bsky.social
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Eeyup. And they are going to have to give a way for it to be disabled or that will once again be "dead in the water" for US Government systems.
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DerSchwede 🔆
@derschwede.bsky.social
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I remember, but the memory is clouded by many many years and many many things. Once we called a piece of software that took privileges on kernel level a rootkit. Now it's called anti-cheat and I can't remember when that changed.
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Syn Fawkes
@synicism.bsky.social
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This is a godsend to domestic abusers, unscrupulous employers and governments, and parents who do not have their kids' best interests at heart.
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Allan Moraes
@allanmoraes.bsky.social
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I guess it's time to install Linux
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RI Smith
@rismith.bsky.social
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Microsoft introduces friendly assistant to help you locate anything you've said or done on your computer.
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Rabsinthe
@rabsinthe.scot
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That’s precisely what it is.
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もえろ！イナズマキック!!
@lmfsilva.bsky.social
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Also wondering why would you need AI to do the equivalent of pressing printscreen with something like Dropbox installed every 5 minutes.
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multi-mara❣️🌌🌹🔮
@marallmighty.bsky.social
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🌌 i will continue my personal rule that i will only touch Windows if I am paid to and in no other circumstances
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TelecomOne
@telecomone.bsky.social
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My goodness. What will "they" think of next? 🙄
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Xoe Valk
@x03v.bsky.social
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For those of us who have to follow HIPAA, how is this even legal?!?
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clover
@clovercomics.bsky.social
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ew i hate this :(
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Cryz
@cryz.bsky.social
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Next thing: Windows implements app that, based on your collected data, let's you see which data broker pays best. Upgrade to premium and share passwords directly to the dark web. Make most of your private data.
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Sariya
@sariya.bsky.social
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its STILL spyware. its just normalised by a big company that we cant do anything about..
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Brandon Mills
@brandonmills.bsky.social
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"Microsoft is hammering home the point that this experience is handled completely on-device. None of the data that Recall processes is sent to the cloud, and Microsoft does not train any AI models on data generated from Recall." This is why you need the NPU for this feature. To run it locally.
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John Price
@calmthoughts.bsky.social
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Of course. Are you surprised? Surely you jest. Welcome to cyber world! 🤦♂️
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Roll Fizzlebeef
@rollfizzlebeef.bsky.social
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I'm so old I still remember when all this shit was not only illegal, but actually punished. Nowadays it just seems like computer companies are actively working with the criminals to make your life miserable.
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Dave
@starwad.bsky.social
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Win 10 will be the last for me.
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Harley (hellhound) and Frankie (human)
@harleyhellhound.bsky.social
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Spythere!
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Sam Tarabiscoté*e 🏳️⚧️ (er/they)
@skreee.bsky.social
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I am sorry, what?!
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The Next Day
@incompetusrex.bsky.social
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When I die, please delete my browser history, destroy my computer, and the wipe the servers at the following locations.
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Mark Armstrong
@fabricatus.com
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Something I found hilarious 20 years ago: "Evil hackers have software called BackOrifice that can remotely take control of your computer!" "Ahhh!" "Microsoft have added a tool in their OS that allows a technical team to remotely take control of your computer." "That sounds sensible and useful."
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God-Emperor Tsunami 💙 #FBPE #BLM #GTTO
@tsunami65.bsky.social
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Thankfully you have to be running a specific family of chips for it to work, and I can't think of a better way to put people off buying your products...
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Ravani(she/they)
@hrath.bsky.social
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remind me to never upgrade unless someone has figured out a patch to remove it altogether(i really don't trust the settings for it)
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scottishchee
@scottishchee.bsky.social
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MS new system has caught the attention of governments around the world .... and its NOT the good type of attention
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Nagging Coronet
@naggingcoronet.bsky.social
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All of these platforms are monitoring everything you do on them. A google phone monetizes every last stroke on it. The only reason I keep my iPhone is that Apple gave a giant middle finger to Mark Zuckerberg by turning off location services to F*ckBook. Cost Marky Billions.
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Chris Strauber
@cstrauber.bsky.social
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I'm listening to a podcast describe it excitedly and screaming internally. At least most of the comment section on that article gets what a terrible idea that is.
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Nealer 🍁
@acanuck.bsky.social
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It's really nice of Microsoft to roll this out RIGHT as they're announcing both that Windows 10 support is ending and that most people's computers can't "handle" 11 so they'll need to buy a new computer Making it REAL easy to convince people to give Linux another try
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Swiftie Trashpanda
@socaltrashpanda.bsky.social
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This is literally giving Black Mirror. Okay, well, if we wanna play that game, I'm gonna poison the Microsoft AI by feeding it nothing but screenshots of yiff 😂
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Flakey Foont
@flakyfoont.bsky.social
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"Privacy." That's such a quaint concept. Doesn't really apply to a prison. Which this is.
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Joachim Heijndermans
@jheijndermans.bsky.social
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Lionel Hutz: "We prefer the term: benificial tracking"
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Vidmaster
@vidmaster.net
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Bonzai Buddy is back baby, awoouu (wolf howl)
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Axiar Chronicles🔞
@axiar.bsky.social
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It's time for me to adopt Linux full time then, and stick with Windows 10 on the side.
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@cover2cover.bsky.social
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Two things are going happen when it comes to anti-virus: it removes this, bricking the computer or it gets tuck on a loop of trying to remove it and getting exceptions thrown to the point that the computer bricks. And you exempt it because the the anti-virus is too busy trying to remove it.
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Blurry Cat Face
@therealbcf.bsky.social
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I was alive before 9/11 so I still remember things like "massive breaches of privacy that should be illegal"
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Your🐀text🐀here
@worldoffoo.bsky.social
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So glad they're tanking performance to record and sell everything about me
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Comrade🏳️🌈Ratking🏳️⚧️Demon
@ratkingdemon.bsky.social
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I remember when most tech companies offered something of value. A piece of tech or a program you could just buy and it was great at doing its job. Now everything becomes shittier, more invasive, more expensive and just a nuisance to use. And I wish that was just me sounding old and not the truth.
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Princess Flutters
@princessflutters.bsky.social
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aiight thats it any fellas know a decent windows 11 fork that filters out all this bullshit spyware and AI that MS still insists on shoving into their OS
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marja.medok
@marja-medok.bsky.social
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Well. I guess that I am going back to analog.
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Arthur Bárbaro 🏳️🌈
@arthurbarbaro.bsky.social
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“New Windows AI feature unlocks new achievement 'Pirated copies of free software'.”
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Marz
@sanktmarz.bsky.social
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I don't think that would fly in Europe
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Dr Richard Abbott
@catwhoorg.bsky.social
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I call it fuck that shit.
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AngeHauteSavoie
@ange1874.bsky.social
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I’m so old I remember when we called it ´Big Brother’
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Rosie Q Parker
@rosieqparker.bsky.social
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Seems like they've moved beyond trying to get established enterprise clients to upgrade their OS and now they're giving them good reasons not to.
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ShaunaBun 💜🤍🖤
@shaunabun.bsky.social
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Oh we still do, if this doesn't get the ftc to smack the shit out of Microsoft again, nothing will.
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Jewish Spice Lasers
@evilcylon.bsky.social
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Okay but I want to learn more food recipes that involve non-toxic glue.
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I am become Steph, annoyer of worlds 🏳️⚧️🏴☠️
@watchthatlaststeph.bsky.social
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And this is why I don't get bothered when people react to my running linux with scorn. Yes, I'm being that girl, for this post, but it's honestly ridiculous that MSFT thinks this acceptable. It proves everything we've been saying for years.
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Dr. Dev
@sicksadfilms.bsky.social
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Starting more and more to see the appeal of Linux.
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Brosephine Wires
@joparkerbear.bsky.social
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I recently saw a dumb joke that had been made into a meme, but instead of rudely cropping off the OP’s name, the original person had sloppily colored over their name & avi with marker, and it hit me: I’m old enough to remember doing that all the time to respect user privacy unless I had permission
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Erica 🍓
@capedstrawberry.bsky.social
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Microsoft really trying hard to destroy themselves, huh I'd switch to Linux but I do a lot of gaming and not everything is compatible
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lena
@lenazun.bsky.social
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I remember looking at grammarly when it came out and thinking that's just a fucking keylogger. joke is on me i guess.
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Funkit Toys
@funkittoys.bsky.social
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fuck this with a reciprocating saw, i'm quitting computers forever
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That Zapher Guy
@zapher.bsky.social
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isn't this highly illegal?
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@mvwn.bsky.social
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It still is spyware, but now it is also called 'data scraping'
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welcome to pussy gulch, wayfarer
@rat-carpet.bsky.social
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anecdotal but there is an absolute *flood* of questions in every pc-related forum/subreddit/youtube video comments like "how do i downgrade to 10" or "i guess it's time to learn linux. where the hell do i start"
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Flopsie
@flopsie.bsky.social
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now its a feature instead of an exploit. That makes all the difference.
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Red Martian Lenin
@kevlarunicorn.bsky.social
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I remember when Microsoft wasn't so blatant about it, too. Now it's like "hey, this spyware's going to watch everything you do, isn't that an amazing new feature?"
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Gamma Lyrae
@gammalyrae.bsky.social
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I remember when software specifically designed to remove adware, bloatware, and Spyware were free and mainstream. I don't think they're as popular now due to several reasons, two large factors being most software is now Spyware, and users more willingly trade data for convenience
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Belle
@belleofball.bsky.social
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Remember Elf Bowling?
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Oblivion³
@oblivioncubed.bsky.social
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Fuck sakes, I really don't want to go to Linux.
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Nails the Tabaxi 🍉
@nailsthetabaxi.bsky.social
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I literally cannot think of anything I would want my computer doing less than this.
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Autistic velociraptor
@asdraptor.bsky.social
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People will tell you that "if you've got nothing to hide, why do you need privacy?" As if the only reason to not wanting to be spied were doing illegal things.
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Crypt໐-Zఠఠl໐gᴉcal Dis⅍ter 𓆑🏴
@eatyrselffitter.bsky.social
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ha ha no though
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Nixe! 🐳🐈⬛
@nixe.bsky.social
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Every day I’m given another reason to try learning Linux
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Kyan!
@littlekyan.bsky.social
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I swear we are just taking old shit and finding ways to monetize it. I feel like life is a fucking capitalistic ouroboros.
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Iscerio 🌿
@iscerio.bsky.social
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I'm pretty sure this goes against every privacy rule there is. Not to mention businesses. They're harvesting client data from businesses, which is confidential information. Which is also protected by privacy laws. But ofc it'll take years to do anything about it. 😬
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Sarra🌱
@sarrakitty.bsky.social
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As much as this reinforces my desire to avoid Windows as much as possible, if you communicate with anyone on windows, on any app, it doesn't matter what OS you are using, MS gets a full recording of it on their end. They want to destroy privacy even for people who go out of their way to avoid them.
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rawkitbawl
@rawkitbawl.bsky.social
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Come on! That was like last weekend. You're still quite young.
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Ben Deckard
@bendeckard.bsky.social
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Oh it's called AI, but in reality they just ship a nodding bird toy to your house and have it slam its face into the print screen button on a loop. Less ecologically damaging and usable across platforms!
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