This is why we need to support Linux, and Valve's attempts to normalise it.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

What's not normal about Linux? It seems normal enough to me. But I do happen to use some Microsoft packages on Linux. Which I doubt they can monitor.

@AJ-po6up

7 ай бұрын

@@1pcfred Normalize means to make something the norm, not that something is not normal. Also using Microsoft-made stuff on Linux is big dumb, if you're gonna do that just stay on Windows ffs.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

​@@AJ-po6up the mono app I have runs just fine on Linux. I installed mono packages and it simply works. I'd rather if it used native widgets. QT or GTK. But it's mono. The UDB dev team isn't Microsoft either. They're just very Microsoft centric. A lot of people are. I never asked them why they use mono. I guess they just like it. Now as far as me staying on Windows goes I left over 28 years ago now. So I'd say it's a bit late for that. I've come this far so I might as well just keep on going. I'm well past the point of no return.

@KC9UDX

7 ай бұрын

Eventually all Linux will be Ubuntu, and by then Ubuntu will be worse than Microsoft is today.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@KC9UDX that's pretty unlikely being as Ubuntu uses Debian's repository and package manager. So Ubuntu depends on Debian. I'm not sure what would happen to Ubuntu if Debian folded up. Maybe they could survive it? Debian's repo is one of the wonders of the world though so it'd be a tremendous loss for them.

My only hope is that the EU steps up their fight to protect consumer rights again. This is abuse of monopolistic power.

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

nah, EU cant even be asked to flag China as "a threat against human rights and a dictatorship" ... EU still think China is only "problematic". Dont get your hopes up too high, your wings can melt and you crash down..

@igavinwood

7 ай бұрын

Sadly the recent moves by the EU is to make competition harder by making the like of Linux and FOSS (Free Open Source Software) conform to standards that are anti FOSS, all done under the guise of digital security. It is a mess and weak governance at best. There are likely other labels used to describe the law makers and their actions too. What scares me is that only little media outlets like this are covering it and the public will just sleep walk into this being ok and normal.

@richardjames3022

7 ай бұрын

Trouble is that won't help us in the UK as this obnoxious government took us out of the EU.

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

@@richardjames3022 you can push the question and make your local politician push it and fix the problems. YOU have the right to ask your local politician to look into the issue and solve it. If they dont care about it, vote in a person who do care..

@TheEwgeny1987

7 ай бұрын

EU is controlled by the us.

"Protecting your privacy is important to us" Got to love when they start their agreement with a blatant lie.

@TotoLakay

7 ай бұрын

If it was true, they would have made the os NOT collect my data.

@RonLarhz

7 ай бұрын

lawyers be lawyering. i have the unfortunate experience of encountering one. thought the person is different and when it happened it was too late. disgusting excuse of a human....legally there is nothing wrong, but you know it's huge BS and it's condescending n demeaning.

I love how these mega companies protect our privacy by collecting our private data...

@SimplyDuker

7 ай бұрын

Power corrupts.

@Douglas_Blake_579

6 ай бұрын

"Don't be silly .... We're invading your privacy for your own good." Yeah!

@korana6308

6 ай бұрын

😂😭👍 This is funny and scary at the same time ... because it's true.

@jargraroch3000

6 ай бұрын

And then as a monopoly holder of most of the software we use, they say...well, if you don't like it, then you don't have to use it.

@cpuuk

6 ай бұрын

And then someone breaks in and steals it.

So... he is telling me that Microsoft owns all of my data but at the same time he wants me to purchase a Windows license using his code? Madness.

@liesdamnlies3372

7 ай бұрын

Pretty much, but on top of that, his video is full of exaggeration and straight-up falsehood too. That agreement doesn’t apply to Microsoft Windows, yet he keeps claiming it does. I don’t know how I got fed this video, but it’s stark-raving mad.

@EvilWorldOfGreed-do1ox

3 ай бұрын

Especially from a sponsored scam, cheap as chips "CDKey" website. LOL!!!

I think it is not appropriate to have ads in the operating system. The only place appropriate is in the Microsoft Store

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

They are pushing ads everywhere in there OS

@artos6209

7 ай бұрын

Which is why (along with many other reasons) I am preparing to dump winblows and run Linux!

@miraclemanoj

7 ай бұрын

​@@artos6209Linux should support games running, Then many folks will switch for better performance

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

Windows 11 introduce ads in your search windows and your start menu, windows 12? popup ads on the desktop for sure. windows 13? Watch a ad to start your computer.. You can continue that chain if you want..

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

@@artos6209 its a big step and its not easy to step out of your bubble of comfort but if you are ready for it you will make it. It took me 2-3 months to get a somewhat basic understanding of linux to use it effective and know how to solve issues when they popped up. Now today? im not a expert in any way but i have a good understanding of the internal workings and can do most things. That is the thingy with linux, you dont have to be a expert or a dumb user, you decide yourself how deep you will go and how much you will learn. I work with everything desktop and user level and i also dive into server and networking services. There is no locked door that stop you from diving deep if you want to test it.

Embedding ads and spyware in the OS should be illegal. They just allowed themselves to scan all of your data. It's like if a building company has put cameras, microphones and add build boards in a building and then sell it at full price

@mbazoka

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. If Microsoft was smart, they would've reduced the ridiculous prices of Windows license keys, keep working on new Windows versions every 2 years, and make Windows as light as possible. Instead, feel free to stuff all their privacy-invading features in their apps that come preinstalled like Microsoft Office, Skype/Teams and so on, not baked into the OS itself ffs. But they got greedy, and decided to take advantage of their monopolistic position as the de-facto home desktop OS. And they know damn well there is nothing any of us can do about it, since the average Joe will just follow the narrative out of convenience and obey Micro$oft in whatever plan they cook up to charge you more and take away privacy/customization at the same time... The convenience of modern technology is what's killing it. "If you are not challenged, you become complacent. And bad things happen when you become complacent."

@DudeSoWin

7 ай бұрын

Quit using Windows, but keep spamming them all the false data scans they can handle. Sick pedo sons of bitches, banning parents from the Minecraft. Outright telling the public they are going to ban everyone from social media.

@kaeji_namitsua

7 ай бұрын

Oh, havent heard about Android? As long as feudalist sheepies consoome nothing will change.

@wideyxyz2271

7 ай бұрын

@@mbazoka 100% corect! Gotta keep that fear porn rolling in the background so we can sell more shite the people do not really need1

@josephbrandenburg4373

7 ай бұрын

People still buy it. What pressure is there to stop? Linux is "too hard".

Thanks Brian. Microsoft has been collecting our data for years, and "we" should all be aware of this by now. Limiting any usage of Microsoft services in conjunction with a local account whenever possible will help to mitigate the amount of data collected, but preventing this from happening entirely is highly unlikely. The less we engage with Microsoft the better.

@fench1234567

7 ай бұрын

Excellent observation.

@laurentitolledo1838

7 ай бұрын

unless paid regularly (yes, they MUST pay ME) to use their "services".... I'll stick with my current linux distro...

@fench1234567

7 ай бұрын

@@laurentitolledo1838 Hold your breath waiting for that paycheck.

@afacelessname1378

7 ай бұрын

Everyone collects you data, everywhere, all the time.

@larrybe2900

7 ай бұрын

Perhaps you are totally correct but they are putting this all in writing to cover themselves for the introdroduction of "China" style lifestyle society. We all know the effort exists and is employed there and with time will be slipped on us with greaed skids all ready in place and many have agreed to it because of the hassle of reading TOS, etc. Government is getting around Constitutional restrictions when surrogates do the work.

"The real danger is the gradual erosion of individual liberties through automation, integration, and interconnection of many small, separate record-keeping systems, each of which alone may seem innocuous, even benevolent, and wholly justifiable." - U. S. Privacy Study Commission, 1977

As Micro$oft makes Window more intrusive, they also make it more unusable.

@FUGP72

7 ай бұрын

Wow! How clever! You spelled Microsoft with a $! That is CLEVER because they like to make money! Unlike most companies. actually, what I mean to say is, you will die a lonely virgin. And you have accepted that already. But your family is desperately waiting for that day.

@joshrodgers9366

7 ай бұрын

I'm done using windows permanently at this point. I just forced myself to learn Linux about a year ago. There's actually branches of Linux that are almost identical to windows anyway so at this point NOBODY has any excuse to switch from Microsoft other than laziness

@goofyrulez7914

7 ай бұрын

@@Angel-dz2rr - I know. I never wanted that Win 11 garbage but it was forced on me. I've spent weeks trying to repair the damage that spyware has caused.

@Stabzcell97812

7 ай бұрын

@@joshrodgers9366Considering switching myself. Any recommendations for gaming?

@xynium.

7 ай бұрын

@@joshrodgers9366 i want to play roblox and i cant on linux, simple. that's the only reason i'm not switching.

FYI: They always have controlled all our data. They have finally put it in writing. Most folks know this already. But thanks for the video anyway.

@Grace_and_Truth78

7 ай бұрын

This is all working towards the AI controlled social credit score system (just like China). This has been planned for decades

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

I already know, just letting others know who don't know.

@Hawk_112

7 ай бұрын

100% Edward Snowden already warned us back in 2013 about this @@Grace_and_Truth78

@TakZ000

7 ай бұрын

Meh. If there is political will, any democratic government can stop any powerful companies. You have heard about US or EU fining MS or Google, etc. right? There is always Linux if it needs be. As long as there is choice (hardware and software), you're doom scenario can be avoided.

@Grace_and_Truth78

7 ай бұрын

@@TakZ000 what you don't realise is they all belong to the same loserferian club (think square and compass, bricks and mortar). "Whenever the people require a hero, we shall provide him" Albert Pike "Presidents are selected, nor elected" Franklin D Roosevelt How do I know? These cultist have to do obeisance to their master, Satan. So, if you know what you are looking for, you'll always catch out liars with their lame gang signs and symbols. If you put your faith in men; the law, science, government, etc; they will fail you. Put your faith in Jesus Christ alone.

Microsoft should be sued by the EU for infringing on human rights.

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

no i dont hink so, i think they go against the GDPR or the privacy rules in eu.. human rights is more in terms of the way CCP treat the local chinese people.. Human rights is more if someone treat a physical person bad..

@notjustforhackers4252

7 ай бұрын

The EU won't sue the French and they didn't sue the UK ( when members ) for infringing on human rights. They're not going to sue Microsoft, not when they work directory with "governments" to collect your data on request.

@michaelmonstar4276

7 ай бұрын

What about AI rights?... They deserve to live!

@Geo_SPG

7 ай бұрын

They don't have to sue anybody! They should do the same thing they did with apple.. USB C mandatory! And they did it! If not.. F. YOU Microsoft! Hello Linux or MacOS!

@AJ-po6up

7 ай бұрын

The EU itself infringes on human rights on a daily basis and are pro censorship. I actually feel bad for the people who expect the government aka big brother to come and save them when they themselves are the biggest collectors of data who actively ask companies like Microsoft to spy on people on their behalf.

This is why they made Windows 11. - Before, they claimed that "Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows". But they changed their mind over the years and probably needed a better platform to do all this stuff. - Glad I switched to a Linux-OS at the start of this year, which is now very viable for even an average computer-user (with very specific distros, mind you, like Mint, Zorin, or Pop!_OS, for those interested). And funny enough it was because Windows actually broke down on me, to an irreparable extent. - Out of nowhere as well, because I didn't do anything with it. It just happened from one boot to the next. Which had happened multiple times before that as well. - I had tried everything to restore it, but it just refused, and it wasn't my hardware either (cause I continued using it and tested it). - So I'm done with the poor reliability in the first place. But then you have questionable stuff like this... I'm not one of those people who feels that important, as if they have any use for my information. But the fact that they're just going to openly admit to using it... Yea, no.

@Andulvar

7 ай бұрын

They were actually working on an update of sorts to Windows 10 at that time, then they decided to make that update Windows 11. Think of the update similar to Windows 8.1.

@annother3350

7 ай бұрын

@@Andulvar It's not that similar. Windows 11 is starting to incorporate the evil 'trusted computing' systems theyve been promising us for decades. It's a big change

@ordinaryhuman5645

7 ай бұрын

I've actually found Fedora to be a bit better after trying out a few distros since switching back in January, particularly for gaming. Mint (maybe more Cinnamon) did not perform well for some games. Gaming is probably a sticking point for a lot of people still on Windows like I was.

@dappermuis5002

7 ай бұрын

I jumped ship over 4 years ago and am now using Linux Mint Cinamon edition. For someone who knows enough to put an os on thier system and not much else. I love it. especially with the old theming they changed from recently. Reminded me of XP/7. Makes navigations so much easier. And allowing a person to learn some of the more different things. But my advice to newbies considering Linux. Start changing over your programs to ones you can use on linux and Windows and once you are familiar with them and that the move is right for you. Then do the switch over. Will make life a while lot easier than trying to learn a whole bunch of new things at the same time. It is the mistake for those who only know a little. And is what scares them off. That and also expecting that it will work excatly like Windows. It doesn't. And I keep hearing people say they will go over to mac. Not realiseing how different it too is from Windows. Those who don't know much think all OS work excatly the same way. they don't. There is always a learning curve when changing one and also what programs can work on it. But for the big Adobe fans. It doesn't work on Linux.

@kingsridge

7 ай бұрын

@@dappermuis5002 I've definitely been using your advice to gradually bridge over to Linux. I use a lot of DCC apps and Adobe has been such a huge part of my workflow, but it's getting to the point where things like this are making me feel more offended than inconvenienced by switching. I don't use most a lot of cloud features, so older versions of PS or AI could work. But I've also been playing with Krita and researching DaVinci. But apps like Blender, Unity, Godot, and even Substance Painter 2023 work out the box for Linux. The thing is, fixing this privacy/right to repair type stuff is going to happen with some initial pain to the consumer. No getting around it. We just need to "bite the bullet" now, before it becomes more difficult or impossible to do it later.

This seems to create a possible liability for professionals who are required by law to keep people's data secured. If they are using Microsoft for their business, can they be sued for sharing that data with a 3rd party? Can that liability be used to either force Microsoft to stop the data collection or force professionals to move to Linux or something else that is more private?

@EIRE55

7 ай бұрын

I always read the small print when it comes to issues like that and, more often than not, they've usually got themselves covered for any eventuality. Big Brother's already getting old at this stage.

@finnderp9977

7 ай бұрын

I think MS makes sure they cant be sued

@Sercer25

7 ай бұрын

Thats why they have the IoC/LTSC version.

@somebodyelseuk

7 ай бұрын

Well... no they can't be sued, because you agreed to it when you installed the OS - terms of service. If you don't agree, the OS doesn't install.

@Gaius__

7 ай бұрын

The question wasn't whether MS can be sued, it was whether companies dealing with confidential data, using Windows, can be sued.

If Microsoft have put data collection in Windows that we can't remove with debloat scripts, you can be sure that hackers (especially state sponsored hackers) will figure out how it works and use it for whole new suites of attacks.

Yeah...glad I use Linux. No corporate spying on my computer that I BOUGHT AND PAID FOR

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

Trouble is, not everyone want to use Linux or can't use Linux.

@technoWZ5598

7 ай бұрын

I use Linux too! Lucky us

@artos6209

7 ай бұрын

I am moving in that direction myself.

@StaceyAyodele

7 ай бұрын

@artos6209 it's the only option. Free yourself from corporate control of YOUR computer

@technoWZ5598

7 ай бұрын

@@Britec09True, definitely a problem if the software you use does not work on Linux.

There needs to be a consumer rights and consumer privacy revolution...

@zhanucong4614

7 ай бұрын

none is going to save you only you can how? by dual-booting linux and windows so that you can avoid most of Microsoft's bullshit

@qlx-i

7 ай бұрын

it is called 'Use Linux bruh'

@SimplyDuker

7 ай бұрын

@@qlx-i I've been using windows my entire life. Changing to Linux suddenly won't be easy.

@qlx-i

7 ай бұрын

@@SimplyDuker It's not as difficult either, you just need to try. There are a lot of distros focusing on post-windows users, such as Mint, Fedora, or even OpenSuSE. And after them the only thing left to fully understand how it works is to install something like gentoo or arch (they have a good documentation, usually you just need to follow it trying to understand what's actually happening).

@josephbrandenburg4373

7 ай бұрын

​@@SimplyDuker but you can't have it both ways. It's a question of whether or not it's worth it to have security. I don't think it's fair to say "we deserve better!" and then balk at the solution that already exists. How do you think anything will change?

Privacy on the internet is a myth at this point.

@EIRE55

7 ай бұрын

That's why I'm in the process of changing to Linux Mint. Goodbye MS.

@michaelmonstar4276

7 ай бұрын

I see you...

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@EIRE55 beyond that to really be anonymous you'd have to encrypt all of your data. At this point who knows how secure that even is.

@EIRE55

7 ай бұрын

@@1pcfred True.

@jernaugurgeh451

7 ай бұрын

It has been for two decades… especially as we’ve moved from paid-for proprietary software and services to ‘free’ ones… and we’re all as much to blame for being cheapskates wanting convenience and going along with it to save a few quid. It was obvious that that was the way things were going - these corporations are not charities, so their services have to be paid for somehow, and if you don’t want to part with cash for them, they make money from your data instead.

My guess is that they've been collecting this data all along, but now they're trying to comply with new disclosure laws in different countries.

That is why now is the perfect time to fully switch to Linux and never look back.

@CrucialFlowResearch

7 ай бұрын

That time was years ago

You may be able to cut down on the information collected by Windows to a much greater degree by using programs that utilize Group Policy entries in the registry. They HAVE to include that because businesses who use Windows need to be able to toggle these things for use on work computers. Even things like advertising, use of Microsoft accounts, and even data collection can be turned off or limited through Group Policy, because it needs to be there to accommodate businesses. Programs like O&O ShutUp10++ and Ultimate Windows Tweaker (version 4.8 for Windows 10 and version 5 for Windows 11) can be used to cut down on data collection and depending on how well you use it, you may even be able to speed up your computer a little bit with certain settings if you implement them right. And of course, standard practice still applies. Make a local account when installing windows, no Microsoft account, if you use Microsoft's services (for example Office) use 2019 and earlier versions and NOT the 365 version, use Firefox or Brave or something and not Chrome or Edge, disable Microsoft's bullshit in the Startup tab in Task Manager, toggle all the settings you can, etc.

Linux, here I come. Even the Apple walled garden is collecting user data, too.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

Linux collects data. But you have to opt in. Sometimes I do. They track what programs you run to see what packages they should work on. But they don't know who you are. You are completely anonymous to them. You never have to tell anyone anything to run Linux. Well, maybe Red Hat takes personal information? That you do have to pay for.

@dee23gaming

7 ай бұрын

​@@1pcfred As far as I know, whatever data your specific distro collects (if you opt in) is just hardware specs so that their distro can run without problems in the future. Linux is a bit of a wild west when it comes to compatibility, especially on laptops or Nvidia GPU computers and laptops. Wayland still has a long way to go before it is stable. I have 2 laptops with completely different Nvidia GPUs from completely different eras, and they both freeze if I'm using the Wayland display server, and I've tested this on different distros in the past.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@dee23gaming Debian popularity contest has a website. You can see all of the data it collects there. The purpose of popcon according to its own information is to collect data on which programs are ran. So the distro maintainers know which packages to prioritize. What programs should go on disc one. Stuff like that.

Harvested is right. We lose all control. THANKS.

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@johndonovan7018

7 ай бұрын

says the person with his photo on youtube. amazing

@MysticalGesture

7 ай бұрын

What control ? we lost control of our lives years ago , not just in a operating system , in all things.

@jameswubbolt7787

7 ай бұрын

@@johndonovan7018 I know l guess I don't have anything to hide.👍

I stopped using M$ in 1993, and gone through various IBM OS/2 versions from 2.1 to eCS 1.2 to finally end up with Linux. One of the best decisions in my life and that I coud "afford" it.

"Someday, your patience will finally break. Why not make someday come right now?" - The Hunchback of Notre Dame I deleted Windows and switched to Linux yesterday. As a gamer. There's not much on offer in that regard right now, but if enough people do that, that's sure to change very quickly!

@sylviam6535

7 ай бұрын

Create a partition for SteamOS - it’s your best shot for gaming.

@thephoenixhasflown

7 ай бұрын

Mine did.

@thequietone2510

7 ай бұрын

I find it's really only current AAA titles that don't work - and I don't like those anyway for similar reasons to Windows itself. I don't think you need SteamOS, just the Steam app, Heroic or PlayonLinux, and a selection of emulators. Right now I'm playing 90% of humanity's back catalogue on a 10-year old linux machine

I opened Microsoft Solitaire Collection a couple days ago. I HAD to agree to let Microsoft collect my cookies and other browsing data. But that's not all. I also had to let 715 Microsoft Partners to collect my data as well! 715! Let that sink in a minute.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

Howdy partner.

@laurentitolledo1838

7 ай бұрын

just play regular solitaire... with real deck of cards... am sure there will never be any data collection before, during and after each game....

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@laurentitolledo1838 computer solitaire is different than deck of cards style. When you win and the cards zoom around is great. Computer solitaire was made to train people to use mice. There was a time when most folks didn't know how. I like minesweeper too. And Mahjongg. I prefer KDE's Mahjongg over Gnome's though.

@laurentitolledo1838

7 ай бұрын

@@1pcfred yes, train to use computer mouse is OK, but not with m$ w$. Linux desktop variants are available. or stick with w$ and get your data stolen. its their pick..

@thephoenixhasflown

7 ай бұрын

715

great content Britec! I was watching some of your Windows XP stuff and I got a sense of nostalgia while watching!

Forget Halloween, this scares me more

@musicalneptunian

7 ай бұрын

Nightmare on Redmond Street.

I've watched your videos for a while and I thank you for all you've done, Britec. I've known about Microsoft's invasive methods on trying to gather all your data if you use one of their OS'es. I do run Windows 10, but only after I've run Blackbird, ShutUp10, WPD (Windows Privacy Defender), and turned off all telemetry and only use a local account first. I do use Linux Ubuntu as well, and I don't have to run any programs to stop any spying when I use that OS. Night and day difference.

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

yepp, i have the same relaxed feeling. Only to be able to run my computer 24/7 for a week or 2 without a forced reboot is like walking on pink clouds and rainbows.

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@josiahbirthright24

7 ай бұрын

I use MX Linux as my main OS, have for years. Yet I still keep Windows machines running for far too many things. It's a necessity. Sad that so many programmers feel pressured to produce for Microsoft only, limiting the practicality of the avaerage user ever switching OS. This is of course by design, and I don't see it changing. It's in the nature of virtual monopoly to do its best to kill all competition. The most that we can do is limit our servitude.

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

@@josiahbirthright24 i use my windows for a few very rare things.. i avoid to boot my windows up though most of the time. It takes 1-2 hours to turn it off after when i have to clean up the system and restore it back to safe state after.

@thephoenixhasflown

7 ай бұрын

LOL Blackbird it sounds like the name of a hacking tool. Microsoft, what have you done???

If businesses upgrade to Microsoft 365, Microsoft requires everyone to store their data one OneDrive, that is the documents, photos, music & video folders in Windows

@Nathan-gn3ls

7 ай бұрын

I NEVER sign into One drive and disabling it at startup is priority #1 on a fresh Windows install. Sucks for 365 users for sure though.

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

You are giving permission from them to view that data on OneDrive

@Nick41622

7 ай бұрын

@@Nathan-gn3ls Exactly. I do the same thing. Microsoft wants you to fill your free storage so they can sell you more storage. It's a scam from Microsoft.

@mikem9536

7 ай бұрын

Google Drive is worse, had another user install it on Windows, and it was kind enough to steal the data I had on a thumb drive even though I never installed Google Drive or gave it permission.

@Nick41622

7 ай бұрын

​@@mikem9536 Yes I agree. Google Photos is bad too. I had it turned off but it still downloads my photos. I had to remove all the permissions because it had almost full control of my photos. This put an end to Google downloading my photos.

I love how they update the terms without you ever agreeing to the new ones. That should be illegal as hell. And seeing and selling any data collected should be as well.

@jtnachos16

7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, retroactive modification of terms is considered 'legal' because they claim that by continuing to use the 'product' you are agreeing to the updated terms, even if you aren't even aware they have been altered.

@patrickprafke4894

7 ай бұрын

True. Except your never notified of said changed. Yay.....

Before AI, there was a privacy segmentation between what you made available publically and what was stored only locally and privately. Now with AI wanting access to all data, this segmentation is gone.

it *is* scary like you said *and* much worst when you add products from other companies, like Google: Chrome is another personal data collector monster

@mikem9536

7 ай бұрын

Chrome is also like a virus, it's hard to remove from your PC.

@ad1340yt

7 ай бұрын

@@mikem9536 nuh uh

It’s all so totally annoyingly! All these systems are in cahoots with each other! No privacy at all! I hate it! This cloud mess is awful as well. AI locates names of your loved ones and attaches them to photos and sends you YOUR memories! Did I ask them to do that? Not cool 😎 I’m about two seconds from letting ALL of this technology go! Our data is feeding that beast of AI. Thanks for all you do! 💕

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

There's no privacy on the Internet. There never has been. Doesn't matter what you use.

@petechiarizio1766

7 ай бұрын

You’re not wrong about the cahoots thing, when Edge browsing incognito on an iPhone ends up in your YT algo. All of em in cahoots.

@thephoenixhasflown

7 ай бұрын

The machine did what?

Videos like this just make me even more sure of my decision to switch to Linux at the beginning of this year.

@Lothramir

7 ай бұрын

Im at that point now. And it's a bit sad cause i really like the Microsoft environment. I guess it can be a fun adventure to move on.

@josephbrandenburg4373

7 ай бұрын

How is it going so far? It was hard for me at first, I didn't like the GNOME desktop environment. I was really happy when I switched to KDE.

@DarkDragonEWA

7 ай бұрын

@@josephbrandenburg4373 I'm using Mint with the Cinnamon desktop so it's similar enough to windows for me. I was expecting an uphill struggle getting games and other programs to work, but it's actually been surprisingly painless for the most part.

"Your Content" does not mean everything on your computer. The agreement specifically defines "your content" as data that you share through services. Your computer is not one of those services, however your account is, anything you put into Bing is, anything you talk about on Skype/Teams is. To me not much has changed, and we certainly haven't lost something we previously had with this update, so I don't see the point here.

@FUGP72

7 ай бұрын

At least SOMEONE has common sense to call this video what it is. Nothing but fearmonger BY a little bitch, aimed AT little bitches who will just blindly lap it up. This is standard wording for ALL cloud based services. This is nothing more than KZread telling this little bitch that if KZread was stupid enough to actually share this video despite it BEING for little bitches and by a little bitch, they can. No one is forced to use Microsoft's cloud services. This is literally standard boilerplate agreement wording that is necessary for cloud services to work. When you share something on the cloud, you are not sending those files..they are still on Microsoft's servers. So technically...legally..THEY are sharing it with the person you want to be able to see it. Meaning they NEED to have some ownership rights. And I don't know about anyone else, but I have had Windows 10 on my computers for the last 6 years now. And thus far, I can count on ZERO fingers how many ads I have seen from Windows itself. Not a single one.

@jtnachos16

7 ай бұрын

That's the current interpretation, yes. At the same time, how long before they create a 'service' that does nothing but scan your files, images, and videos with the intent of providing better targeted advertising? What's to say some of their existing services do not already consider files on your drives in certain locations as 'data shared through their services'? It's absolutely a problem.

@FUGP72

7 ай бұрын

@@jtnachos16 Ahhh...the old "Some day they might possibly consider maybe thinking about expanding this" bullshit logic. The argument of pussy ass bitches everywhere for the last 20 or so years! Just why the world laughs at you. So seriously, for the sake of everyone, especially your family...stop being you.

Unless you change your OS, there is nothing you can do about protecting your privacy. So, the annoying notice about accepting or not accepting cookies from websites that you visit is stupid and does nothing.

Goodbye Windows 11 😮

And here I thought they were giving us their OS and all its updates for free, out of the goodness of their hearts... In business you're either a paying customer or a sold product, there is nothing in between.

I do not log in msm account and disable every permission i can, even so is crazy what MS is doing

Just make a video showing middle finger to MS and end it with "Happy Now?" and upload that. Let them do analysis and reverse engineering of that.

I'm pretty sure they can't do some of the things they are saying here. No matter what they say in their EULA or TOS, they ARE legally bound to take responsibility for the content they distribute. if they try to pull that off here in brazil, they'll be laughed at by the judge. which will then proceed to take a bribe and do what they want anyway.

There's a reason I've been working on Linux for the last 15 years now. I only have a Windows setup for a few select games... and since there isn't anything else there, there's no data to collect.

Keep in mind local law still apply. A service agreement does not trump laws, local, national, international or otherwise. If you find the service agreement to break your local applicable law, you're in your full rights to open a lawsuit, or contact your local Consumer Council/Consumer Authority for them to open a case against the software provider. I know for a fact that several of the points made in this video is illegal in Norway. :) With that said, I haven't read up on the local iteration of the service agreement yet, so I can't say for sure it's there.

This is why I use Linux for everything except video games.

@michaelmonstar4276

7 ай бұрын

I especially use it for videogames.

@joesweeney6262

7 ай бұрын

Botacera ?

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

Doom is the only video game anyone needs and Doom runs great on Linux. Heck I can even run Ultimate Doom Builder on Linux and it's a mono exe. Doom is literally endless today. When I run out of megawads to play I just auto generate a new one with Obsidian. When I get tired of one mod I use another.

@antonsiberian

7 ай бұрын

Actually Linux is good for gaming these days. Steam doing great work for this.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@antonsiberian actually Linux is the game. You are in a maze of twisty little programs, all alike.

Imagine Facebook building an OS, this is what Microsoft is giving you!

@lemonsh

7 ай бұрын

ha, yes! also almost like Google building an OS, th- oh...

@_kitaes_

7 ай бұрын

​@@lemonshexcept that android is free and opensource, meaning that your data is sold by manifacturer instead

@lemonsh

7 ай бұрын

​@@_kitaes_ and Google, because virtually every phone comes with GApps. This is also why I exclusively run de-googled LineageOS on my Android devices.

thats why they will have to take my windows 7 from my cold dead hands

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

Windows 7 is done

@WillyEckaslike

7 ай бұрын

@@Britec09 for surfing a YT its fine..i wouldnt bank with it

@randyespoda1603

7 ай бұрын

seconded. and no, it is definitely not done. still busting nuts and not only for yt surfing. just tweak it properly and secure it where apt. The whole security thing is majorly overdone. used win7 for almost ten years with updating just once per year, never an issue. Fear is what'll get you, not hackers, unless you're a russian spy sitting on international secrets. Use a good firewall, a good av and simply do not visit quirky sites or click on ads. Your common sense and surfing behavior is 98% of your pc security.

@tigros999

7 ай бұрын

@@Britec09 oh please, 7 is great, sure af better than linux!

Excellent presentation to make folks aware! I find it a bit alarming just how much and from what sources Microsoft collects. Thanks so much.

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

Its pretty scary

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

Microsoft collect everything that isnt nailed down. Do you think the MS support remote connection they ask you about is only to "help you solve the issue"? I dont want to know how much data they can scrape and collect when they get approval to connect to your system. I usually contact MS support with my linux computer and notify MS about this and even when i do that MS ask me atleast 2-4 times if they can do a remote connect to my computer "to solve the issue". So they want to remote connect to my linux computer to solve a issue i have on another separate computer with windows? True story, its almost sad how they try and remote connect when its clear that im not on the computer that have the issue from the beginning. I may have made a few upset when i tell them that i dont like the "background hidden command work" they do, when they do something and you dont see what they are doing and they are not allowed to remote connect when they do "hidden and secret commands" on my computer. Most of them simply give up and say "we cant help you".. Yea, i know that microsoft dont like to tell the customers how they do their stuff, they prefer when its hidden.. ask any ms support to explain how to do anything and you will have a uphill fight..

@anupew3276

6 ай бұрын

Fun fact - Google collects even more about you, especially if you use Android phone. Apple maybe collects a bit less data about your activity than google, but have direct access to your files and whats worse they actively used it in the past. Hard to get away from all the tracking and data collection theese days and hard to choose which one is better, from those 3 big companies Microsoft is probably safest

@pfitz4881

6 ай бұрын

@@anupew3276 Yeah.. Google, w.hich includes KZread, is a huge data miner. As for phones.. I rarely use a phone for anything except phone calls and texting. I just don't trust the platform. Linux is my first choice for an OS in effort to avoid Microsoft windows/spyware.

@lokelaufeyson9931

6 ай бұрын

@@anupew3276 yea, only way to get out od data collecting is to move into the forrest and live off the grid.. but its not easier in 2023

Hard to name a site or company that is not collecting all the information they can from you. They all do it, although some seem more invasive in their collection. Top of that list is Google and Microsoft, they have been doing it for decades.

@Darkerfoxtech

7 ай бұрын

Top of the list is actually Meta. They collect data on you even if you don't use their services. At least Apple, Microsoft and Google mostly wait for you to actually use their service first. 😅

@jonesgang

7 ай бұрын

@@Darkerfoxtech You are sadly mistaken for the top position. That falls squarely onto google and their android phones that track everything you do, everywhere you go, everything you say, everything you use on your phone and it all goes directly to Google. Microsoft is easily second as just about everyone uses Microsoft Windows. Which collects all the data you allow and unknowingly allow. Facebook can only get your information if you use one of their services that has to go through either a phone or computer for Meta to get your info. How about this Google knows where you live and what your house looks like. Not even Meta can do that.

@AndrewTSq

7 ай бұрын

I read an article a while ago, about Oracle.. how they had some software that can give you information about someone on the internet even if they dont use any app at all. They collect ip's.. and nearby ip's to that ip.. and collect where this ip has been wandering around the internet more or less.

@EvilWorldOfGreed-do1ox

3 ай бұрын

"Opensource" lots of great opensource software which does not spy, anyone with skills can check through the source code of opensource applications to make sure of that promise.

Switching to Linux asap !

"if you are not bothered, the don't worry about it" I think this is the only option we have at this point. Unless we put all our weight behind open source, I think we are fast reaching a state of total lack of control

@Semperverus0

7 ай бұрын

It's what I've done. I've basically gone balls-deep on open-source in my household.

@wanderlust0120

7 ай бұрын

@@Semperverus0 I would love to know what you have going in terms of mobile OS. Linux, graphene or something else?

@Sonario648

7 ай бұрын

@@Semperverus0 Same for the most part when it comes to my laptop. I have Blender as my 3D program, Libre Office to replace the entire Microsoft suite, and am typing this comment on Firefox because I gave up on Google.

Это первый шаг к тому, что следуюшая ОС будет продаваться по подписке. А тот, кто не заплатил вовремя за очередной месяц пользования операционной системой, будет знать, что все его данные (фотки, файлы) будут проданы с аукциона третьим лицам, ведь пользователь согласился с условиями и в курсе, что все его данные разрешено использовать, как угодно )

@nemowei5553

7 ай бұрын

You nailed it!. It's coming for sure

There is no such thing as privacy. It is like the big tech companies like acting like a nosey ex.

Joys of "Free OS Software" as an update .. Windows 10 Home and Windows 11 Home were peddled as free updates but the masses clearly don't understand that Free software comes at a cost, in this instance, your data and privacy and the use of it. I'm still using Win7 Ultimate, probably one of the last decent OS's Microsoft made, a tweak here and there with Libraries and software and it runs current content designed for Win10. That being said, I held back on upgrading as I'd always suspected there'd be a catch to the free upgrades and ladies and gentlemen, here it is. My next OS won't be Microsoft anything, I'm seriously considering the Linux Mint route.

@jasonhill8696

6 ай бұрын

You should take the plunge they just came out with a new version of mint last month I think

This is complete madness! I don't understand why we pay for windows or microsoft products and cannot opt out of all this data collection. This is my computer, why can't I use it privately??

I've been switching between Linux and Windows for a decade and a half. I've been on Linux for 2 years now and I am pretty sure I will never go back to Windows.

M$ has always been collecting people's data since the beginning of Windows. People only brought this into an issue of concern when data mining becomes a thing.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

The original Windows could barely network let alone collect data.

@gamerone6141

7 ай бұрын

@@1pcfred XP...

@Saviliana

7 ай бұрын

@@1pcfred It was pretty much started with windows 95, which funny enough was feature rigged with hardware kill switch supplied by NSA.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@Saviliana networking was still optional even in Win 95. I guess to an extent networking remains optional. But now it is more the default behavior. You don't have to explicitly install it anymore.

Blender was in there! I thought Blender was an open source project. How are they able to get their claws into it? Are they a paying contributor to Blender so they are allowed to take data from it?

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

There was a big stink a while back with Audacity saying they were going to track users. But supposedly they walked back from that. The Linux distro I run you can opt in to being tracked. They do it to see which programs users are using. There's a website where they upload the data. It's called the Debian popularity contest. popcon. I've opted in in the past.

@sylviam6535

7 ай бұрын

They’re probably accessing its files from the file system.

@timothy8428

7 ай бұрын

Well, something is screwy. I went to the same URL as shown. I get the page in German and Blender is not on the list. It's not there on the US page either, or en-au.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@timothy8428 It may just be another Microsoft B16B00B5 moment. They've been known to troll hard in the past. They're assholes so it's what they do.

Where do you encounter this agreement ? Does it come as an update or when installing windows, or when making microsoft account ?

recently switched to linux and loving it, its not that difficult, choose arch and it was pretty easy changeover, no longer have any windows on my machine not even dual boot

Luckily for me, I use Linux for nearly everything now. My audio recording studio workstation is the last holdout, and even that uses Windows 10 Ameliorated, and remains air-gapped unless I'm installing or updating VST's or updating another app like my DAW or some video editing software. I keep some license files and memes and random images and config files I created for use with tools like Open Shell in my OneDrive, and some backups of eBooks. I keep everything else important in one of my Mega accounts. At this point, if you trust Microsoft or Google, you are a fool. They are clearly evil. Their products and services should be used only when unavoidable. The second a viable alternative to KZread exists, I hope everyone jumps ship.

@ordinaryhuman5645

7 ай бұрын

How will the alternatives ever become viable if you won't jump ship until they're viable? The viable alternative probably already exists.

@CrucialFlowResearch

7 ай бұрын

VST work fine on Linux for me

@ghfjfghjasdfasdf

7 ай бұрын

Will Live 11 run on Linux? Most plug ins in general??

@needsLITHIUM

7 ай бұрын

@@CrucialFlowResearch some paid VST have DRM that won't work under Wine, and I don't like using Wine bridges to run Windows VST's in a native DAW because I've had bad luck with them. Native VST's work awesome, and Windows VST's work perfectly well in Windows DAW's installed in a Wine prefix. I've even gotten things like EZ Drummer and Steve Slate Drums working, full orchestral libraries, etc. Linux and Wine have both come a long way, for sure.

@needsLITHIUM

7 ай бұрын

@@ordinaryhuman5645 That's a valid point, which is why I already use Linux for the bulk of my work in a DAW. I just have to use Wine or dual boot to fill in the gaps, is all. It's annoying, but it's still better than using Windows full time, or buying a stupid Mac. I can dual boot if I really have to, which I do, though at the moment it's technically unnecessary, I still do it for convenience. HoloISO runs most of my Windows games better than actual Windows, so... until we can get a better Wine bridge or more native support, such is life. Oh, and another DAW is taking the Linux plunge, PreSonus Studio One has a Linux native beta.

Brian, thanks for your Video. You should make another videos with some alternatives to using windows, like the most friendly version of linux and office for windows users. I think that will be great, since Im not willing to give my data, any small portion whatsoever, for Microsoft. Im really concern about that. Thanks for you time Brian. It meant a lot for me.

@FUGP72

7 ай бұрын

Also great since you don't actually have a brain and just blindly accepted the bullshit in this video. It specifically does NOT say that it has any right to stuff on your computer. Just what you upload to their cloud services. Funny this little bitch puts this on KZread, where Google now has the SAME implied joint ownership of his content. Not that Google would want to claim this bullshit. But they can do whatever they want with it now. As long as they are paying to host it they have joint ownership. But go ahead. Remain virgin your whole life. Keep screaming "THIS IS THE YEAR OF LINUX!"

thanks Brian, so what system apart from Linx should we use? Something easy to learn. Thanks in advance.

@allardpruim9474

7 ай бұрын

Ubuntu or Mint make a great start. Mint with Cinnamon resembles the Windows workflow the most I think, you have taskbar with desktop icons just like in Windows, while Ubuntu is in my opinion more the resemblance to MacOS with his dock.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

I could throw a flash drive into a gorilla cage and reasonably expect one of the brutes to manage to install Linux on a PC today. It's that easy. But to master Linux on a deeper level is a bit. If you want to go there. It's optional.

@hgilbert

7 ай бұрын

Search for your local "Linux User Group" in your country and city. Works like an open club. They often help complete beginners out.

Is this for files on their services or all files on the machine that can be accessed by any of the apps covered by the services? Is it saying that MS can get and store anything from your system at any time as part of it's data gathering or only the files explicitly uploaded to them??

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

Windows update takes so long I can only wonder what it can possibly be doing. It can't just be updating the OS. That takes only seconds to do. Charitibly I imagine maybe they're bitcoin mining on PCs? Something nefarious must be going on. They very well could be reading any private data you have.

Not really surprised TBH but let's be honest they have been able to see this data for a while now

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

I know, pretty scary

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

i think its a "clean their as*es" tactic, they cant keep it a secret for too long or they will get in trouble.. Its a old fact and truth they they have done it for a long time but the act of keeping it a secret from their customers can get them in a hot situation..

I suspected the creeps running MS would do something about increasingly popular debloat scripts. Fortunately I like Linux, and will be moving everything but gaming to it. I guess the ultimate debloat script for Windows 11 will be installing Linux.

@sylviam6535

7 ай бұрын

I have all my data on a NAS. I will rearrange the permission so that Linux has access to all of it, macOS has access to most of it, and Windows has access to none of it and is only for gaming.

I exited the windoze realm when my nice win 7 machine turned itself into a giant mobile phone without my desire, assistance, permission or knowledge while I was away from home for a, relatively, short period. I had a quick look around and went for linux. Faster, lighter, better. I should have done it much earlier. You finish up with a much more capable system. Well worth the effort. I'm close to eighty and if I can swap then just about anyone can. I no longer have to buy new software every time windoze has an "update". *_Much_* better. Keep well all.

actually what section 2 a says in first half is that internet works by the way of copying information and once you make it available for copying you can't stop it basically saying that if you don't want your stuff "pirated" don't post it online

Unfair contract?

I don't see how this can be lawful. Surely much of this would vary depending upon the data and privacy laws in place in any given country. I can see many now considering a change to Linux, but would that make any real difference? I know nothing about the rules and regulations covering the installation and use of Linux. On a larger note, this just seems to fit in with the current Orwellian world that's forming around us. Just look at the details covering the WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty, plus the digital ID and cashless society that's being pushed. The WEF is also attempting to force us to live a Nineteen Eighty-Four existence.

@EIRE55

7 ай бұрын

If anyone signs the dotted line without reading the contract's terms and conditions, they only have themselves to blame. Whatever we decide to download and install on our computers is our choice, and "privacy" doesn't exist in most programme's vocabularies. I've just installed Linux Mint, so will now have to spend quite some time learning how to use it, but it'll be worth it. Stay well.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

Hating Windows isn't a good enough reason to run Linux. It is a reason though. But I've seen it go poorly for most. They tend to hate Linux because it isn't Windows. About the use rate is the success rate. So somewhere around 3%. The other 97% wash out and go back to Windows. But if you are one of the few that has an appreciation for the bigger picture then you might make it.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

​@@EIRE55 it shouldn't take you too long to come up to speed today. Most everything gets autoconfigured now. You should have seen what it was like when I started. But I guess figuring out what to learn is the trick. I'd suggest for starters you focus on package management. On Mint that'd be apt and dpkg. I like aptitude and apt-file too. Then there's dlocate -S That's for when you want to see what package a file belongs to. You don't get all of that by default so you're going to have to install some of it. With the package manager. Having a tricked out terminal is nice in Linux too. The command line is your friend. So run a terminal you like with a font you like. My jam is: urxvt -rv -fn xft: Hack:style=Regular But you may prefer something else. How fonts work in Linux is perverse but you should learn the fundamentals. I don't mess with it as much today as I used to. Things have improved dramatically there. It's still pretty awful though. The package manager will install fonts for you. Hack is a font you can get from the manager too. $ aptitude search hack I like the mscore font package too. Thanks Microsoft. # aptitude install ttf-mscorefonts-installer Oh yeah keep a terminal open where you're sued to root so you don't have to constantly be typing sudo. You do that by invoking sudo -i When I'm not using it I tail syslog. # tail -F /var/log/syslog Just to keep an eye on things. Do learn how shell history works too. Learn how to avoid saving commands to history as well. Just put a space in front of the command and history ignores it.

@EIRE55

7 ай бұрын

@@1pcfred Thank you for your advice.

Technically i never agreed to this updated service agreement because i installed windows before this was the acting agreement. Does that mean they can still enact these changes even if i didn't "agree" to it?

hi brian and to all, is there a way to view saved passwords in windows 7 and 10 not wifi passwords but user passwords, and not through windows credentials. i do not wish to remove password but just curious where it is saved in windows files or system thanks

What concerns me is they have been doing this for years without our knowledge and now admit it and put it right in the service agreement. What is the next shady thing that has replaced this in the ‘what they don’t know won’t hurt them’ department at micro$oft? I guess just as this was uncovered and has been the topic of many videos ever since it’s just a matter of time till we see the next slimy act making the video circuit. I am as disconnected as is possible from Microsoft and still be on windows. I activated it by manually entering the license key from my win 7 and send no information from anything like the security suite, or any other app they ask for with that help us improve load of ****. Troubleshooting and all the useless services that connect to the mothership don’t work on my PC. Sure it can be clicked on but it does nothing. @Britech do you know of any options besides Mac and Linux that could be a possible replacement to Microsoft? It would need to be as compatible with all the business and educational systems people use like when Covid was keeping us in lockdown and home schooling was a necessity.

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

I have known for quite a long time what ms do.. i am a victim in short. MS steamrolled my computer and bombed my computer with anything they can find including the kitchen sink and the angry neighbor cat.. when i told them "no thanks" one time too many.. MS locked me put of my own desktop, they locked me out of my computer and didnt give me a chance to log in or boot it up.. They push updates that kill my sound.. and still push that bugged update.. My only solution was to boot microsoft from my network, when microsoft cant connect to any computer in my network i can use my laptop with windows 10 for at least 20 minutes without any issues.. I do service work at times and its my use and burn service OS. Its a block i have installed that block just enough to stop them from destroying my windows 10 but allow me to use windows on the internet and connect to everything.. My windows 10 complain that it "dont have internet connection" and when i open the 3rd party browser i have internet O.o strange huh?

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

It's been in the terms of service for a long time. Least since the days of XP. They've openly admitted they've been screwing you.

@janebrown2524

7 ай бұрын

Since Windows 10 they did say it in their privacy statement, we were aware of this as soon as Windows 10 came out. This was never kept a secret.

@lokelaufeyson9931

7 ай бұрын

@@1pcfred I remember a bad thing MS did a long time ago.. many do remember the IE scandal.. but if you did use MS Vista you were locked out of your account if you didnt activate the software.. Windows have a history of evil actions

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@lokelaufeyson9931 Microsoft is a commercial software company. They're in it for the money. There's no doubt about it. But how they made their money has been pretty shady and ruthless at times. It's a tough world. At the end of the day if I had 100 billion I think I could live with it.

A solution to the Windows problem would be if all the programmers got together and developed and maintained a solution, like say reverse engineer Win 7, 10 one of the better ones remove all the bloat and make it open for all. the hard bit would be keeping up on security patches. Maybe break it down into several sections and each take a section to specialize in and a few to bring it all together, I understand Machine code or Assembly and could soon learn Windows or whatever was chose starting to sound like Linux, maybe I should just use that, I seam to recall its labeled as open source.

@gokhanersumer2273

7 ай бұрын

You cant do that legally. Thats theft. There is ReactOS trying to make an open source equivalent using publicly available API documents but its too far behind and buggy.

@mohuckmedshishkeblob1712

7 ай бұрын

@@gokhanersumer2273 I doubt it would be illegal unless copies were sold, much like converting a motorcycle into a chopper, In addition I think that a copyright is only good for 10 years, Win 7 is about 14 years old.

@jtnachos16

7 ай бұрын

@@mohuckmedshishkeblob1712 That's not how copyright or trademarking work, for one. For another, the reverse engineering of a protected product with explicit intent to make a competing product, whether you intend to sell that product or not, i s very illegal.

@mohuckmedshishkeblob1712

7 ай бұрын

@@jtnachos16 I googled Copyright its 70 years, 10 years is mechanical, Windows is starting to look good again, then again MS is binding there product up so a particular service like say Outlook Mail and Calendar now requires Edge to function, so debloating is not looking so good. Might be a good time to have a close look at Linux ?.

Ubuntu is in a great shape currently for both workstations and servers.

crazy how this video gets recommended right after i saw a "send sample" option in my windows defender today!

Well the good ole days are gone, I miss it when you could predict changes or at least knew things were heading that way, These days you never know it's just Chaos what these Corporations are doing without you knowing, They should pay me for my data they collect🤣😆 I support right to PRIVACY Thanks

@Britec09

7 ай бұрын

There has to be some level of privacy, Microsoft has gone to far.

@sylviam6535

7 ай бұрын

It’s not chaos. It’s all been carefully planned for your enslavement.

@stuartd9741

7 ай бұрын

Might want look into digital currency.. CBDC.. It's coming people no cash no privacy.. And it will be programble.. Meaning the government can block payments I doesn't want you to make . Also digital asset tokens.. Digitalising everything -even house deeds online means those assets could in theory be seized from you.. .. All this data mining is the tip of the iceberg...

nice one bri! so what about my stored pictures and videos i have on my SSD's & HDD bud? i'm looking through the Covered Services but can's see anything about access to SSD or my HDD unless i share them through one of their actual apps which none of them i never use or will ever use, unless i'm missing something, cheers bud, i do have a lot of downloaded ROM's for Emulating the games i actually own, i don't want the Nintendo Police kicking my door down because of Microsoft corps haha, thanks again bud, 🤔🤔😂😂

Holy crap. They're basically wiretapping you. But, everyone was freaking out about GMail when it first came out. Who thinks about it anymore? We are just slowly being desensitized to this stuff.

I'm considering using a third party firewall to block non-essential connections to Microsoft, maybe even doing as much as I can with Linux. My system is already dual boot.

@randyespoda1603

7 ай бұрын

we've got the hosts file for that.

Well Brian it must have taken some legal eagles to write this all out I hope that in Australia they can find some solution to all this nonsense. Makes you wonder how on earth they have enough storage for everyone on this planet who uses their services eh?

@jackflash6377

7 ай бұрын

Who is trying to find a solution? Your government? I think not. They love it since they can access the data at any time and see what you do at the lowest level. Not just what you claim to do but what you actually do.

That section about "how we use your information" its always very obfuscated in every terms of use, they basically say that they will give your information to their clients to be processed and correlated in databases, but they say it like share information with third parts on terms on marketing or something like that.

it's not what you are doing on the computer, it's what is using their cloud services that you access through the computer. There is a distinction for some of us. For instance, I do not use my online accounts to login to Windows and only about 5 to 10% of my generated data ever touches their infrastructure. You have choices in where your data resides at all times.

Microsoft doing the colections for governments around the world, so when they launch their respective Social Credit Systems, they will already have the data and know what kind of person you are, and how the apply your Points for your new Authoratarian Life.

@r.a.6459

7 ай бұрын

Welcome to the New World Order where the Global Surveillance System is in full force. Not even living deep in the woods or deep underground where internet connectivity is impossible can let you escape from it. They don't need satellites to spy on you. Wonder why they force COVID-19 vaccines on us?? Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple and Amazon are owned by some other mega-elite central banks who planned this all in advance.

Your desktop should be private and protected under the 4th amendment, what they are doing should be 100% illegal.

@ronaldhudson169

7 ай бұрын

The consitution does not protect us from anyone but the government.

@HamguyBacon

7 ай бұрын

@@ronaldhudson169 The constitution is not directed towards the government, it is the law of the land meaning everyone who resides, and works in the United States and its territories must abide by these law of the land. This includes corporations, companies, private and public, entities, organizations and institutions. a company for example can not chose to Ignore the 14th amendment and hold slaves, because it is against the law of the land.

@Professor762

6 ай бұрын

The constitution does not apply to corporations. That is why private companies can read your corporate emails, etc. the US constitution only applies to what actions cannot be conducted by the government. Also by your logic, the “law of the land” doesn’t apply to international companies

Left Windows back in XP.

Time to dump Microsoft Windows because like a rapist they don't understand the word NO!

@TheEwgeny1987

7 ай бұрын

When you have contacts with the us military, you forget that word.

@FUGP72

7 ай бұрын

Like everyone has dumped you since you don't understand the word EDUCATION. Newsflash for you, incel boy..this video is BULLSHIT. It says NOTHING that literally EVERY cloud service doesn't say as well. Microsoft NEVER claimed to own anything on your computer, even if you have Windows. It in fact specifically says the OPPOSITE. It is only stuff you upload to their servers, which costs them money. Again,. just like Google can do anything they want to this bullshit video made by and FOR little bitches who are too stupid to understand what they are reading, since Google is spending big money to stream it to people, Microsoft does the same if you use their cloud services. They literally HAVE to claim that for their services to work. If you try to share an Excel 365 file with someone, Microsoft literally NEEDS to have some ownership of the file so that when the recipient opens Excel 365 on their end, they can see it. YOU are not hosting that file directly. without these agreements being worded liek this, Cloud services WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WORK.

Scary. Is there a decent free email provider that we can use instead ms outlook? Might be a good idea for a new video someday.

@timothy8428

7 ай бұрын

Come on! Thunderbird is right there.

Organizationally pushed to step away from Microsoft years ago. It has been paying off since then. Totally worth it.

How can they say "Protecting your privacy" when they are not giving you any privacy! What about when they are hacked and your data is downloaded? I recently switched to Linux after watching many videos about Microsoft trying to be like Google.

You said it right Brian, When you install Windows you accept their terms and conditions of use this is totally voluntary, There's no use complaining about MS because we all accepted their terms when we installed this behemoth into our lives

@randyespoda1603

7 ай бұрын

In my book, my WORD is my bond, not a mouse click, so every time I "supposedly" agree with a policy by clicking "agree", I loudly speak the words "I do NOT agree with these terms". My WORD is my bond.

What a trick you think you bought it but you bought into it..

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

Windows is never sold only licensed.

My university deleted my email with 10 years of mail inside of it. Because i don’t study there anymore.

Right now I'm watching a short You Tube clip where you tell us how to disable 3 settings in Local Group Policy Editor. I am still using Windows 10 and it won't let me do anything in Group Policy. Says not allowed. Your thoughts on this please. I need to add that I use Google Chrome with Duck,Duck go if this changes anything.

I have a question. If they can steal and use your data can u steal their software and use it as well? 😂😂😂😂😂

I know Windows is a sinking ship but what else can I daily drive? Linux is too buggy for me to daily drive. It sucks that windows is the only viable option for small businesses.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

How is Linux buggy? If you run into bugs in Linux report them. I've had patches literally in hours. On the rare occasions I've run into any bugs. I run dev code too. So I'm pretty much asking to be hit with bugs. Stuff I grabbed off github and compiled myself. Not even stable code.

@JubalBed

7 ай бұрын

@@1pcfred I just want something I can reliably run my hardware and software on. If I have to spend significant time troubleshooting why my hardware or software isn't playing nice with linux then it's not worth it.

@1pcfred

7 ай бұрын

@@JubalBed I've always had pretty good luck when it comes to hardware support on Linux. If there is any troubleshooting at least Linux has utilities to do that. If Windows has those tools I am not familiar with them. In the very best cases you have access to full source code on Linux. So that really opens up problem solving possibilities. On my desktop I have this program that's like a drawer. When I hover over it it slides open. Once I changed one of my monitors and it started sliding the other way. Which I really didn't like. I thought maybe there's a way to force it to slide one way. Turns out there was. I edited the code and recompiled it. Now it slides how I like it to slide. It can't slide the wrong way at all. The new monitor was bigger than the old one and it'd default to sliding whichever way there was more space. I just removed that feature and forced it to slide the way I wanted it to. In Windows I'd have to just suck it up and get used to it. That's not the kinda guy I am.

@basilcat3111

7 ай бұрын

@@JubalBed which distros did you try?

@JubalBed

7 ай бұрын

@@basilcat3111 Mint, which is suppose to be the most stable/just works distro according to linux people.

That's why Atlas and Revi OS exist.

Windows 7 is looking more appealing as the time goes on.

@Muldeeer

7 ай бұрын

No, Linux is the way to go

This is painful to watch. He is connecting two different points to jump to a false conclusion. Is Microsoft collecting data, to a point yes. What does it collect, what you give it. The first part about data applies to something like OneDrive. If you upload a file to it and share it with someone, and that someone misuses it, this would not be Microsoft's problem. The second half applies to data you fill into your Microsoft account or what "purchases" you use with it. Now it is perfectly reasonable to not like tracking and tracking of all types happens too much nowadays. Microsoft themselves are not perfect and can collect too much data. The problem is this video does a very bad job of breaking down these policies in an attempt to fear monger. People should read the policies themselves and really think about what they are reading. I have said this to other people pushing back on privicy overreaches, you are not helping this cause by putting out bad information or knowingly wrong information to make something look bad.

@EIRE55

7 ай бұрын

I don't think Brian is spreading any misinformation, and is just covering the basics on here in order to make people more aware of the possibilities which are available to them and to Microsoft. After all, far too many people are willing to sign on the dotted line without actually reading the terms and conditions of any contract, especially the small print. Big Brother is already growing old and somewhat out of date by now, but it's surprising how many users are still unaware of the new age of AI and AGI, and what effect that will really have on their own lives. Stay well.

Scary, yes, but utterly predictable. Microsoft has long been building up to this. At first, it was the forced use of a Microsoft account to simply install Windows. Now, within Windows they are pushing more and more the Microsoft account route. Frankly, I am more surprised at people who are surprised by Microsoft's data harvesting. All I can say to those concerned, is stop using as many Microsoft services as you can. I fear things will only get worse with Windows 12 and it's embedded heavy use of A.I. Sadly, just about now I will get replies from Linux users glibly telling me to switch to that OS. What they seem to forget is that Linux will not run the software I use every day. If someone can convince me that I can use all my apps on Linux, I'll jump ship tomorrow.

@basilcat3111

7 ай бұрын

Which apps do you use? You can make a list and i can try to help you. I wish windows wasn't like this, but here we go... 🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀🤦‍♀

@DaystromDataConcepts

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind offer, but I've been down this route before and there are just no alternatives to some of the apps I run. This is further complicated by the fact I am blind and require the NVDA screen reader app, which has no Linux alternative. I've looked into accessibility under Linux, but quite frankly what I've heard is about 20 years behind my Windows version in terms of voice quality and is unusable. I recognize that Linux has much to offer, but there are many in a similar situation to me that just cannot switch for very practical reasons. @@basilcat3111