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Invasion of Privacy and Use of Content to Potentially Persecute Users
Microsoft is now turning on OneDrive on new Windows 11 installs to automatically backup your private files and photos WITHOUT explicit Consent! Same goes for most other companies like Apple and Google.
Everything in the “cloud” is not private but is scanned for certain types of allegedly illegal or copyrighted content or policy violations by Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others (unless you encrypt it first). This upload of information (photos, docs, etc.) happens AUTOMATICALLY in most cases (e.g., iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.). Opting out is difficult as well! That’s an invasion of privacy. Unfortunately many people just don’t seem to care anymore…
If these cloud providers think they’ve found any prohibited content, they report you so you can be arrested or sued. Putting aside the invasion of privacy, mistakes have been made in the past resulting in a police investigation of innocent people including a mother. Not to mention that your private data is subject to breaches when stored online.
There have been several court cases in the United States related to the constitutionality of cloud providers scanning customer content and reporting potential illegal material to law enforcement authorities. However, there is no definitive ruling from the Supreme Court on this issue, and the decisions from lower courts have been mixed.
Some countries have laws limiting or prohibiting cloud platforms from scanning customer content without consent. The USA “land of the free” is not one of them.
Legislation in the USA is needed to better delineate privacy boundaries for the cloud era. Mistakes and overreach violate civil liberties.
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Yes, if about 60% don’t know about it, a link in the newsletter would have been nice.
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Adobe and many companies like them are festering piles of deceptive crap. Unfortunately, everything is becoming subscription or term based with the app ceasing to function upon expiration. Sad times.
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This trend represents a “dumbing down” of society, as options and settings are eliminated or concealed behind a facade one-click operations, with big buttons, short menus and a “one size fits all” mentality, both in Windows and in a vast array of other applications and products by many other companies. Some say this is due to Gen Z, many of whom they claim are easily confused and distracted with short attention spans.
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The “New Outlook” is a festering pile of crap with hundreds of missing features and options. It’s a dumbed-down version of Outlook that is still beta quality. The original “classic” Outlook for Windows will be supported for many years to come. In addition, switching to the “New Outlook” can cause serious problems if you use any of the missing features or options. For example, until recently you couldn’t even save attachments to your desktop.
OPT OUT of Obnoxious Automatic Migration from Classic Outlook to the New Outlook:
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Block New Outlook Forced Upgrade from Classic Outlook. New Outlook is a Festering Pile of Crap. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\preferences] “NewOutlookMigrationUserSetting”=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\General] “HideNewOutlookToggle”=dword:00000001
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You can also disable migration in Outlook under: Outlook Options > General
SEE: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/outlook/get-started/control-install?branch=main
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Some are confused. The only reason to “disable IPv6” is because you do NOT want to install August Windows updates yet. Considering that the updates are not causing issues, just do the updates. Once you do the updates, the IPv6 issue is Moot. There are also other critical vulnerabilities that the updates fix that can’t be mitigated. Just install the Updates Now.
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If you’re not using IPv6 for internet connectivity, make sure IPv6 is disabled in your Router. This will fully prevent WAN attacks from this vulnerability. Or just patch Windows with the August Updates.
You can also test if your internet connection is using IPv6 here under IPv6 connectivity: https://ipv6-test.com/
Example on an Asus Router:
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