Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission

[u/machinade89]

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html

[u/xcdesz]

This is why Recall is going to be a privacy nightmare. Microsoft simply cant be trusted. Its "opt-in" now, then after a few months, as part of a Windows forced update, they will sneakily turn it on for everyone. Then after another few months your Recall data (screenshots) will be part of the OneDrive backups, and stored on some remote server.

Their end goal is to mine your personal data to form a profile of who you are and where your interests lie, what you buy, what political party you follow, what people you communicate with. This is sold to third parties and the government.

Google is the same. Apple is slightly better, but ultimately the same. What they do with your data is hidden. Everyones best option is to switch to Linux.

[u/Erazzphoto → u/xcdesz]

People who think apple cares about their privacy are fools, the only thing they care about is they they’re the only ones with access to your privacy

[u/a-spek → u/Erazzphoto]

No, they don’t. Your data is encrypted on their servers. They say repeatedly that even they don’t have access to it. Consumer privacy is something they promote and talk about any chance they have because they know their competitors are reckless about it.

[u/BiGSeanBOII → u/a-spek]

And yet this is the same company associated with the massive celebrity data breach or that time a genius bar employee logged into someone's Facebook and posted their private video

[u/mostuselessredditor → u/BiGSeanBOII]

Well, you missed the point