PSA: Microsoft may be training on your private data without your knowledge
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PSA: Microsoft may be training on your private data without your knowledge
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#3I don’t have access to any Windows machines. Otherwise, I’d be tempted to turn this on and pump it full of Markov-chain generated slop.
How big would the damage be if a few percent of their userbase did this?
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#6Microsoft refuted this claim: https://x.com/Microsoft365/status/1861160874993463648
"In the M365 apps, we do not use customer data to train LLMs. This setting only enables features requiring internet access like co-authoring a document." -@Microsoft365
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#7File>Options>Trust Centre (left panel)>Trust Centre Settings (button)>Privacy Options (left panel)>Privacy Settings (button)>uncheck "Turn on optional connected experiences"
Wow
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#8Microsoft is a powerful company, they know themselves above the Law. So why would they stop?
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#9I don’t have access to any Windows machines. Otherwise, I’d be tempted to turn this on and pump it full of Markov-chain generated slop. How big would the damage be if a few percent of their userbase did this?
I'd imagine mostly to the productivity of the sloppers. Considering this looks like a Windows Office-wide default opt-in, I feel you'd have difficulty hitting 1% userbase.
Re: PSA: Microsoft may be training on your private data without your knowledge
#10Microsoft refuted this claim: https://x.com/Microsoft365/status/1861160874993463648 "In the M365 apps, we do not use customer data to train LLMs. This setting only enables features requiring internet access like co-authoring a document." -@Microsoft365
They wouldn't have to combat misinformation if they actually told users what the switches turned on/off instead of vague descriptions that could plausibly allow them to do whatever the hell they want.