Re: MS products scraping to train AI

On Mon, 25 Nov 2024, JAB wrote:

On 25 Nov 2024 13:33:35 GMT, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
wrote:
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he author of this article, Dr. Casey Lawrence, mentions the opt-out checkbox
is hard to find, and they aren't kidding.

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But, is it really turned off....who verified?

In europe opt-out is illegal as per GDPR. There are countless companies breaking against this rule in the EU itself.
On the other hand, GDPR is mostly seen as a weapon against US tech industry in the EU, so the authorities don't really care if smaller companies engage in minor violations.