mhoyeAug 17, 2023

So, if I'm reading this correctly Microsoft's privacy and data-handling options around the use of browsing history are all opt-out buy default, and also when you install Edge it silently imports your Firefox browser history right away without asking you.

So I unless I'm reading this chain of events incorrectly, just installing Edge at all silently feeds your Firefox history into Microsoft's ML models, which is definitely cool and not a problem at all.

Show threadBen Zanin

@mhoye I am increasingly of the belief¹ that there is simply no safe way to use any software from that company.

¹: "increasingly" is a lie, I've felt this way for 25 years or more, but my I-told-you-so-per-hour rate has really been breaking new records in the last few years

Aug 17, 2023 at 8:28pmTusky