Like, flat-out.

This 'feature' means that someone in an abusive relationship now has a canonized part of the OS monitoring their activities that can be then invoked and studied by the abuser.

Ain't no amount of -group policy- bullshit gonna fix this,

because Microsoft -doesn't allow- the granularity of administration required to defuse this for non-corporate users.

"Use Linux" is not an appropriate response.

People do not always have the agency to choose their operational environment and you cannot fix structural unsafety with individual choice.

This is not a jape nor a joke, and I am not willing to countenance this as an argument.

Do not perpetuate abusive situations by blaming a victim for the environment they are in.

@munin For many people, being advised to use Linux is about as helpful as being advised to live in a yurt.

It's not that they can't see the advantages of living in a yurt. They may even find the yurt-dwelling lifestyle intriguing. But they can't see how they would ever be able to rearrange their life such that a yurt is an option.

@isaacfreeman

So, please read upthread for context: this is about domestic violence situations, where the persons in question may not be able to change the OS of a computer.

@munin Understood. I meant to express agreement with you that “Use Linux” isn't an acceptable response. As you say, people don't all get to choose what OS they use, in the same way that they don't get to choose whether to live in an apartment or a yurt.

I appreciate that it's a bit of a tangent from your main point in the rest of the thread, which I also agree with.