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Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by speeder »

hot_gril wrote: post #67

I installed Windows 10 (not even 11!) recently on a random laptop and was appalled by the amount of BS in the initial setup process. Forced me to make a Microsoft online account seemingly with remote access to my PC, tried to sign me up for several different free trials, then tried multiple times to push me to Edge instead of Chrome. The UI has new crap like the Bing search on the taskbar and in the center of the des…

When I was finally forced to ditch Win7 due to lack of drivers, I installed (alongside Linux, that I've been using for years), a modified Win10 with all the telemetry crap and other stuff removed.

My parents have unmodified Win10 and that thing just annoys me to no end, ads, resetting settings after update, etc... Including some behaviour that caused revenue loss in my parents company.

Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by AJ007 »

worrycue wrote: post #129
donmcronald wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s crazy. I used Edge when it first switched to Chromium because it was a nice, clean Chrome alternative with working sync. Today it’s obvious Microsoft can’t be trusted. This “feature” is insane and it makes me concerned about what Windows might be doing in the background.

I just had the Edge Desktop Search Bar show up on my desktop. It just appeared from nowhere. Didn't even know when it was "installed". MS is getting really pushy. They probably see the GPT stuff as their ticket to beating Google in search so they are pushing it as hard as they can to get as many users as they can. I just click "turn off". I don't trust LLMs - all their knowledge is learned from the unreliable interne…

I saw that pop up on one of my parent's computers. The hardware is old enough that it didn't want to install Windows 11, but Microsoft still managed to push that shit. Within an hour I wiped the drive of Windows.

Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by zelifcam »

donmcronald wrote: post #53
crazygringo wrote: post #4

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…

It’s crazy. I used Edge when it first switched to Chromium because it was a nice, clean Chrome alternative with working sync. Today it’s obvious Microsoft can’t be trusted. This “feature” is insane and it makes me concerned about what Windows might be doing in the background.

> Today it’s obvious Microsoft can’t be trusted.

Umm. Should someone tell them?

Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by arcanemachiner »

scrollaway wrote: post #104
IgorPartola wrote: post #68

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Reminder that MS owns GitHub, LinkedIn, and Mojang.

LinkedIn could never be trusted anyway :) But I think all these different divisions just act radically different within microsoft. What is absolutely certain is that the Windows team cannot be trusted, as they have shown repeatedly. GitHub has not broken my trust in them yet. I'm sure one day it'll happen; statistically it's more likely than not. But what's the point in pre-empting it, exactly?

> But what's the point in pre-empting it, exactly?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog

Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by vntx »

BasedAnon wrote: post #96
vntx wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was getting sick of Window’s bloat and telemetry so I replaced Windows on every single one of my computers with PopOS! and have never looked back. The transition was rough ( I basically gave up gaming to learn programming) but I have no regrets, and this post just validates that decision. Micro$ cannot and should not ever be trusted. I do miss Paint.NET though.

Have you tried running Paint.NET under WINE?

I did actually, but it gave a massive amount of errors so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it seems like I don’t miss it that much.

Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by partiallypro »

brookst wrote: post #106
Drunk_Engineer wrote: post #45

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Sending medical images to Microsoft seems like a major HIPAA violation.

It's sending URL's, and it's not clear if it is also sending cookies or other auth info. I would think / hope that any images covered by HIPAA would not be leakable by URL alone.

Yeah, since it's sending the URLs, Microsoft couldn't get to the actual images in question because they'd in a private network, behind a login, etc. If the images are hosting on a public domain or IP, that is not on Microsoft.

Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by sangriafria »

dhimes wrote: post #196
kbenson wrote: post #157

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I don't have problems scrolling in Firefox mobile that I've noticed, and I don't run flagship phones (I'm running a few years old Galaxy A51). I do run uBlock on Firefox Mobile though, which I'm sure helps immensely, so maybe that's the main difference.

I have no problems with FF mobile on iPhone.

Any browser on iOS is forced to use the Safari rendering engine. Firefox on Android is very different to iOS

Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by InCityDreams »

ranting-moth wrote: post #77
ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #21

I hope Microsoft is okay with looking at a lot of porn

They're fine with it. Just be prepared to explain it to the FBI of your ever mistakenly pull into an investigation. They'll definitely get it from MS.

Fbi? Not in my country. Oh, wait....

Re: Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft

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Post by LispSporks22 »

RajT88 wrote: post #5

That's nothing. This is on by default: "Allow Microsoft to save your browsing activity including history, usage, favorites, web content, and other browsing data to personalize Microsoft Edge and Microsoft services like ads, search, shopping and news."

I think Microsoft is trying to wear us down with stupid shit.
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