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Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection service

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Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection service

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Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection service - gHacks Tech News
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Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is a privacy nightmare for users, as the app shares the data with advertisers.
  • @Dehydrated@lemmy.world
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    85•1 year ago

    What part of Windows (or Microsoft software in general) is not a data collection service?

    • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      42•1 year ago

      If you aren’t using an insider edition then Notepad is still safe

      • @d3Xt3r@lemmy.world
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        … for now. They’ve already replaced the old Notepad with a bloated UWP version, so it probably won’t be long before it starts sending telemetry as well.

        • Neon 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈
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          bloated?

          I think then new Notepad is just perfectly fine.

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            The tabs are nice, but I notice it takes 3x as long to open (TBF it’s still under a second) and take up 10x the memory (12MB vs 1.2MB), for basically doing the same thing as the old version.

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          3•1 year ago

          Thankfully Kate is available for Windows https://kate-editor.org/post/2021/2021-05-09-kate-21.04-in-the-windows-store/

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        Impressive

    • @Schorsch@feddit.de
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      16•1 year ago

      When I look at my Pi Hole dashboard while my girlfriend’s Mac is booted, I’m surprised by how many requests are blocked, given that apple somehow has the reputation of respecting their user’s privacy.

      And when she boots into Windows 10 MS’s data stealing gets downright creepy.
      I am lucky enough not to have a Windows 11 PC on my network but I think I would see even more denied requests.

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        5•1 year ago

        Proprietary software is very creepy

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