▲ 980 ▼ Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission (www.neowin.net) submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world 238 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SketchySeaBeast@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Windows 12 won't be. Windows 12+ChatGPT 100% will be. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I don't understand the chat-gpt thing. What's the big deal about it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago It's an always-on AI that sits directly on your device inside a built-in Neural Processing Unit, or NPU, which takes screenshots every 5 seconds and scans the screenshots for information - including passwords, banking information, and other forms of PII. It then stores all of that information completely unencrypted, in a format that has been proven almost immediately after the beta preview to be able to be exfiltrated within seconds, easily, by a very simple piece of malware. The company claims that all the information is only stored locally, and after the backlash, that the AI would be opt-in only, but we've seen what Microsoft does with their "promises" before. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I don't understand the chat-gpt thing. What's the big deal about it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago It's an always-on AI that sits directly on your device inside a built-in Neural Processing Unit, or NPU, which takes screenshots every 5 seconds and scans the screenshots for information - including passwords, banking information, and other forms of PII. It then stores all of that information completely unencrypted, in a format that has been proven almost immediately after the beta preview to be able to be exfiltrated within seconds, easily, by a very simple piece of malware. The company claims that all the information is only stored locally, and after the backlash, that the AI would be opt-in only, but we've seen what Microsoft does with their "promises" before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I don't understand the chat-gpt thing. What's the big deal about it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago It's an always-on AI that sits directly on your device inside a built-in Neural Processing Unit, or NPU, which takes screenshots every 5 seconds and scans the screenshots for information - including passwords, banking information, and other forms of PII. It then stores all of that information completely unencrypted, in a format that has been proven almost immediately after the beta preview to be able to be exfiltrated within seconds, easily, by a very simple piece of malware. The company claims that all the information is only stored locally, and after the backlash, that the AI would be opt-in only, but we've seen what Microsoft does with their "promises" before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago It's an always-on AI that sits directly on your device inside a built-in Neural Processing Unit, or NPU, which takes screenshots every 5 seconds and scans the screenshots for information - including passwords, banking information, and other forms of PII. It then stores all of that information completely unencrypted, in a format that has been proven almost immediately after the beta preview to be able to be exfiltrated within seconds, easily, by a very simple piece of malware. The company claims that all the information is only stored locally, and after the backlash, that the AI would be opt-in only, but we've seen what Microsoft does with their "promises" before. permalink fedilink source parent