4w ago

Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk

www.windowslatest.com Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk

Microsoft is moving forward with its plans to turn Windows 11 into a full-fledged “AI” operating system amidst Copilot backlash. The first big move in that direction is an experimental feature called “Agent Workspace,” which gives AI agents access to the most-used folders in your directory, such as ...

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/711383/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent-that-runs-in-background-with-access-to-personal-folders-warn

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Fucking hell I'm glad I switched to Linux for my desktop. If I could only convince the rest of my family.
- Challenge them to watch 10 YouTube videos or browse 10 websites on their machine vs your machine. Then ask them to save the YouTube video as an .mp3 file.
  It's always horrifying when I start up a default Edge browser and load literally any webpage. Popover frames, video and audio ads that autoplay, floating ad windows. They'll all technically have the ability to close them as long as you can touch the 3 pixel wide X button that is directly over the ad so mis-clicking loads a different web page or starts the Windows Store or some other nonsense.
  
  I was going to say "it's okay, at least I installed an ad blocker." But I remembered that Google disabled that shit on all Chrome based browsers including Edge.

OH MY GOD MICROSOFT, WHO FUCKING ASKED?!
- Microsoft's shareholders, obviously.

Another reason on the pile - or more specifically an inflation of an existing reason - to not "upgrade". Thanks for making the choice even easier, Microscum

Anyone else have zero trust in windows?
- I have negative trust in Windows, in that I trust them to always fuck things up.

This feature is completely optional and is never turned on by default.
AI desktops sound like a privacy nightmare but right in the article they say, it's not the default. Every time MS adds another shitware feature there is lots of warning, like this, and there is time for concerned users to find work arounds or jump ship to a more sane OS. We need less clickbait titles and more "how do we work around it" because MS doens't care about users needs or concerns only increasing revenue.
- One update can flip those switches
  
  You know which OS wont flip a switch to enable AI slop features? EVERY OTHER OS
  Install Linux or BSD, if you are rich buy a Mac that needs replacing in 3 years.
- May be how it starts though
  
  Then start migrating. You could set yourself on fire, as protest, in front of the Microsoft head office and they would just count it as 'engagement.'

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