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Microsoft never learns, IT admins rage as a new OneDrive app invades Windows 11 and keeps coming back when you remove it

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Windows LatestMicrosoft never learns, IT admins rage as a new OneDrive app invades Windows 11 and keeps coming back when you remove itIT admins rage as Microsoft force-installs OneDrive Photos on Windows 11, and it keeps coming back when you remove it.

Replying to @⁨mereo@piefed.ca⁩

Fun fact: Microsoft will try to guess your passwords to open and scan your encrypted archives when uploaded to OneDrive.

Microsoft also hands your BitLocker recovery keys to the government on request.

Microsoft also uses your local machine’s GDID to deanonymize and track you across the internet for the government.

These are paid surveillance services Microsoft provides to the government, paid for by your tax dollars. No wonder they desperately want to force you to use OneDrive.

Black and white close up of sinister-looking male eyes looking suspiciously through the slats of a closed venetian blind. Could be a criminal or a stalker or a watchful home owner.Ars TechnicaMicrosoft is scanning the inside of password-protected zip files for malwareIf you think a password prevents scanning in the cloud, think again.

Replying to @⁨wuffah@lemmy.world⁩

Zipping files was never enough to secure them in the cloud. It‘s always recommended to properly encrypt sensitive data properly before you upload it. Whether you use OneDrive, Google Drive, Proton drive or whatever.

Still amazing how far Microslop goes to sniff through your stuff preemptively, though. Your cloud storage should be none of their business but sadly it‘s their entire business now. Privacy laws should definitely extend to digital space you rent no matter the circumstances.

If cloud providers argue that‘s too dangerous then they simply shouldn‘t be in business. If a government says it‘s too dangerous then they shouldn‘t be in power. Obviously they don‘t trust in the people who voted for them. Therefore they don‘t trust democracy and are therefore fundamentally undemocratic and a danger to the people.