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Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Re: Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Post by nitwit005 »

oehpr wrote: post #18
jjpones wrote: post #6

[Not now] and similar "options" will never not irritate me.

Has anyone figured out why so many corps do this? It always feels like it's one step from: * Of course do whatever you want! * Nah I'm a big dumb idiot who doesn't know whats good for him so ask me in 3 days when I've hopefully come to my senses. I think a simple law would fix this If no wasn't an option, you did not establish consent.

Management that struggles to acknowledge their users don't like something they wanted built.

They'll definitely realize their mistake and turn on our amazing feature! (This unfortunately is the real attitude sometimes)

Re: Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Post by abnercoimbre »

pjmlp wrote: post #32

What about not sharing at all? Oh well, if only we could start having Raspberry PI like mini PCs on consumer stores, instead of places only computer nerds know the location, and magic incantations.

No joke, with the Pi offering a premium [0] desktop these days it's only a matter of product placement.

[0] https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus/

Re: Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Post by pjmlp »

abnercoimbre wrote: post #33
pjmlp wrote: post #32

What about not sharing at all? Oh well, if only we could start having Raspberry PI like mini PCs on consumer stores, instead of places only computer nerds know the location, and magic incantations.

No joke, with the Pi offering a premium [0] desktop these days it's only a matter of product placement. [0] https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus/

Yeah, that is actually on my to buy list.

Re: Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Post by xyzal »

The visual language is not consistent. In the "experimental agentic features" dialog - "Turn on" (positive choice) is highlighted, yet in the "allow access to files" dialog, "not now" (negative choice) is.

This is either negligent design or intent to confuse users.

Re: Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Post by pjmlp »

protocolture wrote: post #11

2026: The year of the linux desktop.

If only, this will only happen when regular consumers can get GNU/Linux desktops and laptops fully working on shops like Media Market, Saturn, FNAC, Dixons, Publico,....

Until then it will be computer nerds buying from online shops, building their own PCs, or running Linux VMs alongside Windows and macOS.

Android, ChromeOS, WebOS have succeed among users, exactly because they are consumer OSes, where the use of Linux kernel is an implementation detail, and are available everywhere.

Re: Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Post by pjmlp »

Lare2 wrote: post #3

Microsoft forgot that what it provided was an Operating System, a platform, something from what the user build their workflows. Now they seem to trow everything but the kitchen sink

Unfortunely Satya's vision is to sell services to the Azure OS mainframe, I miss Balmer's Windows culture.

Re: Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Post by SomeUserName432 »

pjmlp wrote: post #32

What about not sharing at all? Oh well, if only we could start having Raspberry PI like mini PCs on consumer stores, instead of places only computer nerds know the location, and magic incantations.

> What about not sharing at all?

I had windows defender want to upload a certificate to microsoft.

Default behavior is to silently always allow uploading "suspicious files"

Re: Windows 11 will ask consent before sharing personal files with AI after outrage

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Post by setopt »

lIl-IIIl wrote: post #28
stevenjgarner wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft users are now the product being sold

Sold to whom? I understand when people use that phrase about advertising, but I don't see this here.

Doesn’t Windows show ads in the start menu these days?
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