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Heh, just today: Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders
I wish laws represented the interests of the 99%
Wish granted, laws represent the owners of 99% of all wealth.
That monkey better not dare curl one of his fingers up for that "wish"! Nothing was changed. π
Just don't turn it on?
The computer you mean?
Until 6 months from now when they turn it on by default, forcing you to apply a registry hack to disable it after every update from now on.
But that's only if Microsoft decides to continue consistent behavior going on for decades. Yeah, you're right. Totally nothing to worry about.
The only thing I have to fuck around with like that is the setting for Windows Update itself. It's pretty annoying but also pretty different from an AI feature (because the modification I want to make delays updates, which is less secure). Maybe you're thinking of something specific?
Anyway, yes, if they add an AI agent that you can't turn off without hacks, that would be bad. But given that they haven't done that, complaining about the law (without saying what the law is lacking) is silly. What would the law say - "don't add features to software if any user doesn't want it?" there is no way to make what the commenter above said make sense.
There's a plethora of settings that Microsoft reverts on updates. That's well known.
Guess you agree that this isn't something the law should be involved with. Cool chat.
No specific policy was mentioned. I certainly think Microsoft should be subject to many, many more laws than they are currently, and I wouldn't mind if they were prevented from circumventing user preference repeatedly. But you don't even believe that this insanely well known thing happens and that sort of prevents a further conversation anyhow, so yes, cool chat.