lemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 22 hours agoMicrosoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to findwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down12cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to findwww.tomshardware.comlemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 22 hours agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareTheSealStartedIt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·20 hours agoThis is illegal in Europe. I’m pretty sure EU countries are left out of this. This behavior is so blatantly criminal that one wonders why the EU are the only ones who have banned it.
minus-squarecon_fig@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 hours agoWell I just checked my settings and it was enabled and I’m in the EU. Analytics was disabled but this special content scraper thingy was enabled.
minus-squareTheSealStartedIt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 hours agoWow, if that’s true, I hope the EU imposes significant fines, and not in two years…
minus-squarebrb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoCan confirm. These fuckers are gonna slapped with the mother of all fines
This is illegal in Europe. I’m pretty sure EU countries are left out of this. This behavior is so blatantly criminal that one wonders why the EU are the only ones who have banned it.
Well I just checked my settings and it was enabled and I’m in the EU. Analytics was disabled but this special content scraper thingy was enabled.
Wow, if that’s true, I hope the EU imposes significant fines, and not in two years…
Can confirm. These fuckers are gonna slapped with the mother of all fines