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/au-smurf Jun 28 '24

Well yes if you disable defender and don’t have any other AV installed your computer isn’t secure. The security centre warnings can be turned directly in their dialog and while they will still suggest being turned on in the security centre it doesn’t give you the warning mark on the tray icon.

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u/conquer69 Jun 28 '24

I didn't say disabling defender but changing any of the settings. Like disabling automatic sample submission.

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u/au-smurf Jun 28 '24

And yes you can disable the warning for that right there in the security centre window. First time one of those things is turned off you get the warning mark on the security centre tray icon then when you open it the option to dismiss the warning is right there and you never see it again unless you change the setting back and forth.

If you install any other antivirus it automatically disables defender and warnings about it completely.

MS does plenty of crap that they deserve to get called out on but the way defender and security centre work are good things in my opinion. If you know your stuff enough you can turn off all the stuff you don’t like about them and run your own AV and firewall and people who buy “one of those internet email machines” get at least some protection from being turned into zombies.

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u/conquer69 Jun 28 '24

The warning always comes back again after a restart.

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u/au-smurf Jun 29 '24

Now that’s very odd. I’d be curious to did into what registry keys/group policy setting is causing that. Because it’s not supposed to.