Nikita AbdullinNov 18
leyrer

WTF of the week (yes, it's only Tuesday):

Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: "Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications"
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-warns-security-risks-agentic-os-windows-11-xpia-malware

Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: "Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications"

Microsoft is pushing ahead with its plan to add agentic capabilities to Windows 11 but has issued an important security warning for anyone who is interested in trying it out.

Windows Central
Nov 18 at 5:21pmWeb
Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 18
@leyrer how is this then even enabled?
Show threadNightlynx☕❄🌨☑Nov 18
@leyrer "I am sorry, Dave. I already installed that." #3001ASoftwareOdyssey
Show threadMarkus Sugarhill Nov 18
@nightlynx @leyrer oy, so AI first wie bei uns in der Firma gerade alle sind, muss ich das unbedingt aktivieren!
Show threadleyrerNov 18
@MSugarhill @nightlynx what could possibly go wrong :D
Show threadNightlynx☕❄🌨☑Nov 18
@leyrer …if you give PornAI system privileges. ;) @MSugarhill
Show threadMarkus Sugarhill Nov 18

@nightlynx @leyrer 'ich will, dass ihr überall die KI mit denkt. Wo auch immer die helfen kann'

Inzwischen aber auch nimmer ganz so überzeugt...

Show thread☑️✅ cybercow ✅☑️Nov 18
@leyrer Als würde das irgendjemand, der das risiko versteht das Freiwillig nutzen.
Show threadcomputer mausNov 18
@leyrer as if such a warning ever stopped people from doing something they have no clue about haha
Show threadMiraNov 18

@leyrer

Microsoft: Here’s this “feature” we’re shoving down your throat, but only enable it if you understand the security implications.

Us: Why the hell do you keep pushing this garbage

Show threadCraig StewartNov 18

@leyrer so it's going to be disabled by default then?

Of course not, that wouldn't goose Microsoft's AI usage stats, would it.

Show threadNickNov 18
@leyrer how much worse can it get, though? You've already got malware... Windows!
Show threadWurzelmannNov 18
@leyrer Industriestandard. 🙃
Show threadlobingeraNov 18
@wurzelmann @leyrer Fachkräftemangel. Es ist immer der Fachkräftemangel
Show threadWurzelmannNov 18

@lobingera @leyrer

Händeringend suchen sie MS-Cloud-Azure-AI-Windows-Admins, aber niemand will diese wunderbaren Jobs haben, es ist zum Weinen!

Show threadleyrerNov 18
@wurzelmann @lobingera und dabei zahlen sie so wenig schmerzensgeld, dass man zu ausgleich eh noch einen zweiten job braucht ....
Show threadWurzelmannNov 18

@leyrer @lobingera

HÄNDERINGEND!

Show threadvampirdaddyNov 18
@leyrer @wurzelmann @lobingera
Als vibe-copiloting Copilot-viber verstößt ein Nebenjob als Datenrettungsspezi oder Insolvenzverweser doch nicht gegen die Anti-Compete Klauseln, oder?
Show threadZeugsNov 18
@leyrer It's the first AI Feature that isnturned of by Default. I Wonder how much honeypods for Windows agents are there already.
Btw couldn't read the full article my browser Window was Frozen half way. The real Windows experience ...
Show threadWilliam HamiltonNov 18
@leyrer Given that Windows 11 is malware as a service anyway..,
Show threadJohn AndersonNov 18
@leyrer "Only drink rat poison if you understand the health implications." 🤔
Show threadPaco HopeNov 18

@leyrer How about "Only insert the mandatory feature if you understand the security implications."?

#microsoft #copilot #windows11

Show threadtpaauNov 18
@leyrer
> We made Copilot built-in
> Don't use it unless you wanna get hacked, tho
Show thread Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Nov 18
@leyrer This is peak 2025.
Show threadunderfloNov 18

@leyrer

Wait Agentic AI is not malware?

Show threadJ$Nov 18
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Show thread0xC0DEC0DE07EANov 18
@leyrer “Do not enable unless you understand the security implications” immediately followed by “Once enabled by an administrator account, it is enabled for all users.” I think the overwhelming majority of Windows installs are single-user, but that is bullshit. Here’s a dangerous feature, be careful, oh and if someone else turns it on then you’re stuck with it, too, lol.
Show threadsaucerlostNov 18
@leyrer
I remember when I had to rely on my dad to open a random email and run HOT_BABES.EXE for Windows to get malware. Now it's fully automated! What a time to be alive
Show threadI am Jack's Found 404Nov 18

@leyrer

Hahahahaha what?!? 🤣

Show threadvillonNov 18
@leyrer
Geht nicht, da ich kein windoof mehr habe.
Show thread8tpercentNov 18
@leyrer
Show threadDavid CohenNov 18
@leyrer @briankrebs Suddenly Apple’s fluffing of AI on Mac and iOS seems prescient; at least there are alternate platforms where this garbage can be avoided.
Show threadMatt PalmerNov 18
@leyrer "no, we will not provide any information to assist you in making an informed decision."
Show threadJason DuerstockNov 18
@leyrer Not just agentic. Double agentic.
Show threadJuho MäntysaloNov 18

@leyrer

How many weeks ago did Win10 officially become obsolete? Microsoft sure is moving fast with losing the little credibility they had left with their premier product.

Show threadThe Little WarsNov 19
@iju @leyrer i dunno if obsolete is the right word. Hell, it seems like running windows 10 without security updates is less likely to put malware on your computer.
Show threadJuho MäntysaloNov 19

@Montaagge @leyrer

I did say "officially obsolete", not "practically obsolete" ☝🏻

Show threadReayNov 19
@leyrer
@FirewallDragons
Show threadRobert Kist 🇦🇹🇸🇬Nov 19
@leyrer
Show threadFábio Costa 🐇🕐🎩☕Nov 19
@leyrer like the Perfectly Spherical, Frictionlless User knows a single fuck on this
Show threadNeko Nov 19
@leyrer It's too late though, the user already has Windows 11
Show threadHierarchyNov 19
@leyrer I wonder whats the real use case for this for normal users could be and why they are so keen adding these expensive AI features for everyone to use for free 
Show threadRinceNov 19
@leyrer so Microsoft tells us how to (permanently) disable AI on Win11?
Show threadlobingeraNov 19
@rince @leyrer No. They tell you, if turning on agenticAI is causing problems, you own them, not they.
Show thread🇺🇦 KrakelOrakel 🌈 RIP NatenomNov 19
@leyrer M$ Windows IS the malware...
Show threadAngelinaNov 26
@leyrer That's Microsoft. 🤷‍♀️
Show threadNeil MoffattJan 28
@leyrer The AI dream seems to be unravelling fast. At the same time I find it extremely effective in many questions on the mind and body that I pose. Far more so than many physicians I have encountered.