Kevin BeaumontJan 4, 2023

If you’re outraged about Adobe sending your pictures off their servers (you should be), please know other vendors do this too. That horse has already bolted.

Eg Microsoft Edge automatically sends your key presses in Edge to MS - enabled by default https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/how-to-disable-writing-assistance-via-group-policy/td-p/3648422

Microsoft Office 365 sends every photo and screenshot you add in Word, PowerPoint etc (including in emails) to Microsoft 365 Intelligent Services without prompt https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/everything-you-need-to-know-to-write-effective-alt-text-df98f884-ca3d-456c-807b-1a1fa82f5dc2

How to disable writing assistance via Group Policy

Hello,   new Edge version 106 has got settings "Use writing assistance". I look for matching settings in group policy for Edge but with not succes. I use the latest adml and admx files.  Group setting Disable spellcheck will help but only for Edge 104 (and lower). Edge 106 has replaced settings Spel...

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Show threadPaul Whitehurst
@GossiTheDog The edge article doesn't say the key presses are sent by default, you have to install the Microsoft Editor suite:
"In Microsoft Edge, the Microsoft Editor suite is not available by default. Instead, users must install it to the browser."
For MS365, the user has to enable automatic alt text for the data to be sent AND the data is already being sent to MS because MS365 is an online services.
I don't see how these issues are really the same as the Adobe issue.
Jan 4, 2023 at 7:10pmWeb