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Windows Hello authentication, additional encryption being added to protect data.

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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

They're going to turn it on within 6 months with a "security" update, I guarantee it.

[–] papafoss@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How in all that's holy did they not think of this the first time. Like bro do y'all need that ad revenue that bad?

[–] Distant_Foreground@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

They knew, they just thought that the frog had been boiling a little longer than it had.

[–] nick@midwest.social 8 points 4 months ago
[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

for now. they will bide their time, and turn it on by default in a few years.