Re: Microsoft: one step forward, one step back

RabidPedagog <rabid@pedag.og> wrote:

On 2024-06-27 16:34, chrisv wrote:

 
Well, as of today:  With the Pro version, you don't need to log into a
M$ account.  You don't need to save your data online.  The keylogging
(inking and typing personalization) can be turned off.
 
The client-side scanning, we will how that pans out.  I think that
will be opt-out, too.  But I agree that they really are making a huge
data grab, and that the default behavior is fscked.
 
I'm *hoping* that the AI chips, coming soon to a motherboard near you,
will be able to be disabled in the BIOS, putting them out of reach of
Evilsoft.

>
I hope so too. I have a 10 Pro license so I don't know what the
purchased 11 Pro installer is like, but the 11 installer downloaded
directly from Microsoft would still require you to log into your
Microsoft account.

Why would the purchased installer be different?  They sell keys as a
download, with the main download page as the source.  The USB they
ship you is just a hard copy of that.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.