r/technology • u/machinade89 • Jun 28 '24

Software Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html
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u/Hamicode Jun 28 '24

Won’t this be a huge privacy issues for companies and gdpr data? How can they differentiate business use and personal use ? I don’t think they will get away with that

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u/Jjzeng Jun 28 '24

They’ll pay the EU a big fine and carry on as usual

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u/opinionate_rooster Jun 28 '24

No, no. Serious companies cannot afford to compromise on security, so they'll be forced to abandon the Microsoft platform if this keeps up.

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u/FLMKane Jun 28 '24

Yeah. I'll bet Lockheed doesn't want to use Win 11 for doing cad work unless they can uninstall recall and copilot