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So how can we remove this and other Microsoft spyware from our systems?
If the last two versions of their OS are crap, then it makes sense to consider previous versions IMO.
Just imagine if Google was doing something like this; I bet the HN servers would melt down from the outrage! MS often gets a pass in these areas because people think of it as the "underdog", when in reality, MSFT is the biggest software company out there.
Yup, pretty common theme on this and other online communities. If Apple does something – this is obviously the correct thing to do, and everyone should copy them. If Microsoft does the same thing – meh, no one cares. If Google or Meta does the same thing – pitchforks, outrage, a thousand daily top-voted blog posts detailing how terrible these companies are. Goes to show how much of the current outrage culture is driv…
This is just bananas to me that a browser would perform "super resolution" at all, much less by default . Couldn't this wreak havoc on doing things like viewing medical images, inserting false detail that isn't there? As well as on text in images, e.g. inventing a cleanly readable but hallucinated license plate number on a car, or financial figure, where the original is blurry? Not only does this seem like a terribly…
This “feature” is insane and it makes me concerned about what Windows might be doing in the background.
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I didn't know that Windows is now free.
It's free if you're willing to break the EULA. I haven't paid for it. Just used some Win 7 CD key I found online and it activated.
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If you are not paying for your browser with your wallet, somebody else is paying for you. It has all sorts of implications.
I didn't know that Windows is now free.
So how can we remove this and other Microsoft spyware from our systems?
Brave --- the easy way to fix this and lots of other privacy related issues affecting the most popular web browsers. As this article shows, you can fiddle with Edge and other browsers to try and make them more privacy respecting --- but why bother trying to hit a constantly moving target? Clearly, your privacy is not in their best interests and they will only continue to circumvent it.
Brave is chromium based, which immediately means it's not going to help with anything
This is just bananas to me that a browser would perform "super resolution" at all, much less by default . Couldn't this wreak havoc on doing things like viewing medical images, inserting false detail that isn't there? As well as on text in images, e.g. inventing a cleanly readable but hallucinated license plate number on a car, or financial figure, where the original is blurry? Not only does this seem like a terribly…
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/rittenhouse-tria...