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Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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PowerPoint has a feature where it uses machine learning to suggest layout and design changes for your content. This feature most likely can be turned off, but of course it needs some data on what's on your slide to suggest changes. I hope this submission is flagged and removed. Just because you don't like Microsoft doesn't mean such misrepresentation is okay.

What's the misrepresentation? They pointed out that Microsoft is sending your data and you're not disputing that.

Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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post #13
post #3

"Informed Consent is just a theory. Besides [other app] already spies on you so who cares? Whaddareya doing in PowerPoint that's so sekret?"

In our companies slides we have tons of confidential slides containing info that could be misused for insider trading by MS engineers?

It would not be insider trading if done by people outside your company.

Edit: Nvm, I think I am wrong.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092616/how-i...

>Another way that insider trading can occur is if non-company employees—such as those from government regulators or accounting firms, law firms, or brokerages—gain material nonpublic information from their clients and use that information for their personal gain.

Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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This is a one paragraph claim that doesn't provide resources to show that their claim has basis. It could very well be entirely accurate, but there's no information contained here to know one way or the other.

For example there have been numerous claims made previously that link ANY network traffic to a supposed invasion of privacy, but once you delve into the underlying traffic it isn't nearly as nefarious as it initially seemed.

This article is telling you to "open up the network monitor of your choice" but network traffic and CONTENT are apples Vs. oranges, and yet we're meant to draw conclusions from that? We're meant to know Microsoft are taking your slide's content whole-hog? Isn't that yet to be determined?

Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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post #9

PowerPoint has a feature where it uses machine learning to suggest layout and design changes for your content. This feature most likely can be turned off, but of course it needs some data on what's on your slide to suggest changes. I hope this submission is flagged and removed. Just because you don't like Microsoft doesn't mean such misrepresentation is okay.

This shouldn't be software behavior by default. Why should it be flagged?

Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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post #9

PowerPoint has a feature where it uses machine learning to suggest layout and design changes for your content. This feature most likely can be turned off, but of course it needs some data on what's on your slide to suggest changes. I hope this submission is flagged and removed. Just because you don't like Microsoft doesn't mean such misrepresentation is okay.

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Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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This doesn't bother me too much (but it would if I worked at a different company - I'd have concerns over company secrets). It's the browsing history which is by default sent to GOOG/MSFT which bugs me. On by default, and I'd swear I've seen it get reset on Chrome.

Chrome:

Settings > Sync and Google Services > Make searches and browsing better

Edge:

Settings > Privacy, Search and services > Personalize your web experience

Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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post #14
post #5

I look forward to the day when PowerPoint is banned due to enterprise security concerns.

How about Grammarly? Or G-suite? They have access to most of the companies out there. I find it terrifying people use Grammarly and it has access to every piece of confidential word written.

Grammarly and Hola VPN are the two browser extensions that any IT Admin should be ban straight away in corporate machines.

Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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post #5

I look forward to the day when PowerPoint is banned due to enterprise security concerns.

It will only happen if people in a position of power ( most of the PowerPoint users) start to use another tool by their own liking/organic decision.

Which it's not going to happen anytime soon, so PowerPoint can literally be a bomb inside their organizations they'll still insist in using it.

If these phone-home allegations are true it's one more case where you spend $50K in an hightech driveway gate but have no fence around the property.

Re: Microsoft is phoning home the content of PowerPoint slides

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In our companies slides we have tons of confidential slides containing info that could be misused for insider trading by MS engineers?

It would not be insider trading if done by people outside your company. Edit: Nvm, I think I am wrong. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092616/how-i... >Another way that insider trading can occur is if non-company employees—such as those from government regulators or accounting firms, law firms, or brokerages—gain material nonpublic information from their clients and use that information for their pers…

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