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 threadDerek McEachern

@GossiTheDog Out of curiosity I looked at the Amazon Photos TOS and I don't see any wording that indicates they will use your images for AI training. However, there seems to be a big hole in section "3.3 Our Use of Your Files" that states the following

"These permissions include, for example, the rights to copy Your Files,"

The comma at the end of the phrase makes me pause and think ok, copy where and for what purpose? The other exceptions give details why they want to access your files but this one feels really open ended.

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