Das KI-Daten-Scraping in Microsoft Word und Excel wurde heimlich standardmäßig auf Opt-in umgestellt – der Opt-out-Schalter ist nicht so leicht zu finden
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-word-and-excel-ai-data-scraping-slyly-switched-to-opt-in-by-default-the-opt-out-toggle-is-not-that-easy-to-find
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That’s frustrating! Sneaky move by Microsoft, hope they fix it soon.
Raise your hands if you’re shocked??? … what? No one??? Yea thought so
This is a TRAVESTY, and should be illegal! It’s none of your fucking business what I write, compile in excel, etc! FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!
Uninstalled. I’ll find an alternative that doesn’t want me to give my RIGHT to privacy for their monetary enrichment! This AI bullshit is going TOO FAR!
Microsoft isn’t the only bad actor here. This is a growing trend that needs to be stopped. Land of the free… MY ASS!
The phrasing of the title is incorrect.
An opt-in model means something is turned off by default and the user has to intentionally turn it on.
Microsoft’s new model is the opt-out model, which is the opposite, when the something is turned on by default and the user has to opt out to turn it off.
The opt-out model tends to be more controversial. No need to explain why lol
I just downloaded Open Office again on my new PC. Fuck Microsoft branded office software for any personal use.
Jokes on them. I’m still using Office 2007. No reason to upgrade to anything newer for most users.
bold move considering all the offices that have proprietary information in their word docs and excel spreadsheets. imagine a law firm’s potential liability if their clients information is being scraped.
No surprise the worst OS company in the world would be just as bad with it’s other software.
The customer is just a cash-cow to them, like most companies these days.