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What a world we live in where not only does something like this happen, but that it’s allowed to happen. Companies don’t even get a slap on the wrist anymore, they can just do whatever they want now without any repercussions, that’s what’s really scary about this.
I mean, a browser can also install malware on your PC
I’ll never enable it precisely because I understand the security and privacy implications. Windows would be a nice OS without all this crap, bloatware and services to “improve the user experience” and which nobody needs.
“Copilot, download the latest drivers and make it easy for me to update them” and it gives you some Driver Helper malware
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How about you only release it once you do?
Yeah the malware is called Windows 11
Will be installed by default, unremovable, runs in the background, with full access to all personal files.
Glad I left.
Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.
They should put that disclaimer on their entire operating system.
“Only enable this feature, if you’re a total moron.”
More like “Do not enable this feature” because if you understood it, you simply wouldn’t. Or “uninstall this operating system”. That’d be more accurate.
If agentic AI is a security risk, why the hell is MS trying to force it in as an integral part of Windows, then? I mean, unless they want people to get malware…
I mean, how much money did Meta make from giving scammers publicity on their platforms? I’m sure MS wants some of that pie.
Same with Google allowing literal malware to advertise themselves posing as legitimate apps that show above the actual app’s website.
They even let ads spoof the display domain name to match the official website (and do no checks for whether they actually own the display domain despite literally having the infrastructure to do that in their SEO tools) while redirecting to a different domain when you click the ad.
John Hammond video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlnuk8W2A0Y (also a good video to send to anyone who still thinks Macs “can’t” get malware)
Even if this is genuine incompetence and not malice, they’re so disgustingly incompetent that they don’t deserve to exist just the same as if it was malice.
tbf there’s been more versions of windows that are unsafe to connect to the internet than safe
I definitely agree with you, but any operating system is going to have settings that carry security risks if enabled/disabled.
At least in, say, Linux, generally whatever distro you use doesn’t try to force stuff on you whether you want it or not though, MS meanwhile is trying to force agentic AI and other BS on Windows whether its users want it or not. The Home SKU gets the brunt of that and Pro isn’t that much better. The Enterprise/Education/IoT and LTSC/IoT LTSC SKUs still let the users have control for the most part, but there’s no legal way for a normal person to get those SKUs.
The fact that security-risk settings exist isn’t necessarily a problem as long as they’re fully optional and the user is allowed to enable/disable them at their leisure, it’s when such risks get forced on people like MS is trying to do with Windows, that they become a problem.
But in this instance the “feature” is opt-in. You have to manually enable it (for now).
At this rate we might finally see the year of the Linux desktop. I don’t know anyone who likes Windows 11 it’s been bad enough to convert even die-hard Windows fans to Linux
More likely the year of the OSX desktop, at least in the workplace.
As much as I’d enjoy getting to work with more Macs I don’t think workplaces will deploy them at scale for the cost alone
Actually, according to IBM, Mac’s are cheaper in the long run. Increased productivity due to less downtime, and lower ongoing support costs show Macs can be cheaper.
https://www.jamf.com/blog/debate-over-ibm-confirms-that-macs-are-535-less-expensive-than-pcs/
What other options are there. Businesses aren’t gonna use Linux and Windows is quickly becoming an unviable product.
Everywhere I have worked defaults to windows but uses Linux for actually critical stuff. Apple is not even in the conversation.
I work for a fortune 500 and we have a Linux program. It’s still in the testing phase, but it is being tested.
If you understand the security implications, you probably won’t enable it.
It’s Microsoft malware. Do you really think the user needs to enable it?
If you understand that you won’t be installing anything from Microsoft any time soon
Well at least they make malware installation automatic now. I’m sick of having to download and install it myself.
Waiting for my bank to warm me that their new and mandatory AI advisor might send my savings to a nigerian prince without my or the banks knowledge. Such transactions are not insured and all risk lies with the customer of course.
Except they’ll just do it without any warning.
Implied consent
