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#Microsoft #Office2016 #Office2019 #Office #LibreOffice #CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS

»Zu kritisch? EU-Abgeordnete stimmen gegen Datenschutzbeauftragten Wiewiórowski«. Nachdem der EU-Datenschutzbeauftragte die EU-Kommission aufgefordert hatte, Datentransfers im Zusammenhang mit Microsoft 365 zu stoppen, wirkt diese Entscheidung wie ein politisches Manöver. Wiewiórowski war wohl zu unbequem – schließlich möchte man MS365 weiterhin nutzen. Ist ja alternativlos. 😉

heise.de/news/Zu-kritisch-EU-A…

#microsoft #fail #dsgvo #datenschutz

Zu kritisch? EU-Abgeordnete wählen Datenschutzbeauftragten Wiewiórowski ab

Der Innenausschuss des EU-Parlaments kürt Kommissionsvertreter Bruno Gencarelli zum Vorzugskandidaten für die Rolle des EU-Datenschutzbeauftragten.

^{Stefan Krempl (heise online)}

Looks like #Microsoft appointed the new Data Protection Supervisor of the #EU.

This happened because the “left-liberal camp” did not agree on which candidate to support, if I am reading the news correctly.

I saw outgoing EDPS Wojciech Wiewiórowski at more than one @fnf meeting, and I doubt that his successor will turn up at this grassroots #privacy barcamp.

heise.de/en/news/Too-critical-…

#Wiewiorowski #EDPS

Too critical? MEPs vote out Data Protection Commissioner Wiewiórowski

EU Parliament's Committee on Home Affairs has chosen Bruno Gencarelli as its preferred candidate for the role of EU Data Protection Supervisor.

^{Stefan Krempl (heise online)}

Die EU-Kommission setzt trotz Datenschutzbedenken weiterhin auf Microsoft 365. Dies stellt die digitale Souveränität und die Glaubwürdigkeit der EU infrage. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/kommentar-eu-un…

#datenschutz #dsgvo #eu #ms365 #microsoft

Kommentar: EU und Microsoft 365 – Alternativlosigkeit als bequeme Ausrede

^{www.kuketz-blog.de}

Your periodic reminder that #microsoft is not a competent or serious company:

blog.orange.tw/posts/2025-01-w…

(@bagder is remarkably restrained in the quoted responses. I would have gone off the rails, but do not need to, because we decided on day one that #varnishcache would not run on Windows).

If you think that is not bad enough, read the Cyber Safety Review Board's report about the Microsoft Exchange clowncar:

cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2…

WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows ANSI!

📌 This is a cross-post from DEVCORE. The research was first published at Black Hat Europe 2024. Personally, I would like to thank splitline, the co-author of this research & article, whose help

^{Orange Tsai}

You've got to be kidding me, Microsoft, what the actual fuck. When you search for "google" in Bing, it will display a Google like page, tricking you into thinking you are on Google. The amount of INNOVATION coming from the capitalist behemoths is simply astounding!

bleepingcomputer.com/news/micr…

#microsoft #google #searchengine #search #bing #antitrust

Welcome to today's world, where everything's made up and the words don't matter.

#microsoft

"Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.

If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.

I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:

On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”: File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”"

medium.com/illumination/ms-wor…

#Microsoft #AI #GenerativeAI #AITraining #MSWord #Privacy #Word

MS Word is Using You to Train AI - ILLUMINATION - Medium

Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on…

^{Dr. Casey Lawrence (ILLUMINATION)}

To everyone when they see horrible privacy news about Microsoft replying with:

"I don't care, I use Linux"

Sure, you do. But does your medical clinic do? Does your therapist do? Does your family member typing a personal email to you in Word before sending it do too?

This is a systemic problem.

You cannot protect your own data only by using Linux yourself. You must also demand stronger regulations and enforcement to obligate organizations around to protect your data as well.

#Privacy #Microsoft

Microsoft Mgmt Deteriorates GitHub UX - Goodbye Perf and Progressive Enhancement?

Mu-An Chiou writes @muan:

"React got pushed down from Microsoft management and most of us on the [GitHub] front-end team quit."

muan.co/posts/javascript

#webperf #ProgressiveEnhancement #github #Microsoft

JavaScript dos and donts @ Mu-An Chiou

Do When the core functionality of a feature cannot function with only HTML. When the core functionality of a feature can benefit from some JavaScript. Start with only HTML, then progressively enhance it, so it can still work without Jav...

^{Mu-An Chiou}

"To all my writer friends that use MS Word - Microsoft has turned their Al bits and bots on to automatically go through anything done via Word. Here's how to turn it off. File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Connected Experiences"

On the Mac I found it under Word/Excel/Etc > Preferences > Privacy, and near the bottom was the checkbox for "Turn on optional connected experiences" which of course was on by default.

#office365 #AI #microsoft

zastanawiałam się, czy wrzucać dodatkowo u siebie, jako osobnego toota, skoro już krąży po sieci, temat kontrowersyjny, a ja cierpię na chroniczny niedobór doby ;)

ale w sumie mogę zapuścić linka i dodatkowo otagować:

Czy polska szkoła musi być uzależniona od Big Techów?
techspresso.cafe/2024/10/28/cz…

#edukacja #szkoła #wychowanie #dzieci #nauczyciele #rodzicielstwo #eSzkola #cyfryzacja #edziennik #microsoft #komercjalizacja #bigtech

If you are like me, you often need to type or copy and paste things over and over again. For example, I have a couple Zoom meetings I host. Even though I email the Zoom info to people, there is always somebody who calls me or emails me and asks for the Zoom info again. This used to be annoying, until I found out about the text substitution feature of Microsoft Word and Outlook. Note, I do not know if this feature works in the new version of Outlook. I have only tried this in Outlook Classic. The way this works is that whatever text you need to put in a Outlook email or Word document often, you create what Word or Outlook calls a building block with the text. As an example, I created a building block with my personal zoom room and called it pz. To do this, I did the following:

1. I started a new email in Outlook.
2. I copied the Zoom info from Zoom into the email.
3. I selected all of the text containing the Zoom info.
4. I pressed Alt F3.
5. A box came up asking me for the name of the building block. I typed pz. You can type whatever word or phrase you want.
6. I pressed Enter.

Now, whenever I need to put this info into an email, I type pz followed by F3. Just like that, my Zoom info is in the body of the email.

technologyisawesome.com/tired-…

#microsoft #office

🚨 Ever spoken about something and the next minute you're getting an advert about it on your smartphone? Almost like your phone is listening..

Well, evidence claims that Meta, Microsoft, Google and Amazon could all be listening!

For more details 👉 👉404media.co/heres-the-pitch-de…

#Meta #Amazon #Microsoft #Google #CMG #CMGpitch #Bigtech #Activelistening

How short is your memory? Microsoft is giving Recall another try in October.

arstechnica.com/?p=2044616

#ai #microsoft

Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October

Initial Recall preview was lambasted for obvious privacy and security failures.

^{Ars Technica}

Exactly eight years ago #Microsoft made powershell open source and I *immediately* filed a pull request to remove their #curl alias...

Did not really work.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/08/19…

Auch wenn #Microsoft aus Eigeninteresse etwas anderes behauptet: Alle gängigen Computer, die jünger als ca. 10 Jahre sind, sind schnell genug als Arbeitstier für alltägliche Aufgaben wie das Surfen im Internet oder Videokonferenzen. Und etwas anderes findet ja auch auf den meisten Bürocomputern nicht statt – neue Software läuft meist (auch) im Webbrowser.

Wenn ein betagter Computer täglich viele Stunden läuft, kann es sinnvoll sein, ihn durch einen stromsparenderen zu ersetzen.

Wenn MS sich weigert, #Windows11 auf einem Computer laufen zu lassen, auf dem #Windows10 läuft, ist das kein Grund, die Hardware zu ersetzen, aber ein guter Grund, zu #Linux zu wechseln.

Das sehen @ktn und @syt von @heiseonline genauso und haben deshalb einen Ratgeber geschrieben, der Windows-Usern den Wechsel erleichtern soll: heise.de/ratgeber/Linux-Umstie…

Bei der @datenfreude überlegen wir, eine #LinuxInstallParty in #Bielefeld zu veranstalten. Also ein Treffen z.B. in den @acmelabs, bei dem Leute ihre Laptops mitbringen können und dann mit unserer Hilfe ein GNU/Linux darauf installieren. Gäbe es daran Interesse?

UPDATE: #Datenfreude heißt inzwischen @Datenpunks, und wir haben uns heute darauf festgelegt, am 7. Dezember in den Räumen der @acmelabs eine LinuxInstallParty zu veranstalten. Wir bereiten bootbare USB-Sticks vor, auf denen verschiedene Linux-Distributionen zum unverbindlichen Ausprobieren bereitstehen. Wenn euch eine gefällt, könnt ihr sie direkt installieren. Falls ihr schon Windows auf eurem Computer habt, kann das draufbleiben (#dualBoot) oder ersetzt werden. Am besten macht ihr in dann vorher ein Backup.

UPDATE 2: Uhrzeit und weitere Details auf datenpunks.de/linux-install-pa… .

UPDATE 3: Morgen ist es so weit – Linux-Install-Party in Bielefeld!

Linux-Umstieg: Linux Mint oder Fedora Workstation statt Windows 11

Microsofts zunehmenden Windows-Gängeleien entkommen Sie mit einem Wechsel auf Linux. Wir empfehlen Distributionen und zeigen, wie Sie den Umzug meistern.

^{c't Magazin}

Einstweiliger Rechtsschutz gegen #Tracking-Cookies erfolgreich. #Microsoft verliert in zweiter Instanz. § 25 TTDSG/TDDDG zeigt Zähne. Glückwunsch an meine coolen Kolleg:innen bei Spirit Legal. Dieses Urteil ist ein Meilenstein.
#TeamDatenschutz #PrivacyLitigation

rsw.beck.de/aktuell/daily/meld…

I agree with everything Scott Hanselman writes in this post.

linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l…

#crowdstrike #microsoft #dei #softwaredevelopment

Maybe rather than trying to shove AI and ads in every portion of Windows Microsoft should focus on not letting their cybersecurity partners take down computers and networks all over the world.

#fail #crowdstrike #microsoft

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Germany: sets up #SovereignTechFund at sovereigntechfund.de for "Strengthening Digital Infrastructure and Open Source Ecosystems in the Public Interest"

Also #Germany: Chancellor Scholz promotes #Microsoft based Delos Cloud for public authorities after visiting SAP. handelsblatt.com/politik/deuts…

Russian hackers read the emails you sent us, Microsoft warns more customers.

Read more in my article on the @Bitdefender blog:

bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsec…

#cybersecurity #databreach #microsoft

Russian hackers read your emails to us, Microsoft warns more customers

More of Microsoft's clients are being warned that emails they exchanged with the company were accessed by Russian hackers who broke into its systems and spied on staff inboxes.

^{Hot for Security}

What the actual crappington-central is this?
Cringe on top of cringe on top of cringe. Cannot believe #Microsoft signed off on this shite!
Windows 95 "Cyber Sitcom" - MattKC

youtube.com/watch?v=EoTcQjd22Q…

Windows 95 "Cyber Sitcom" - MattKC

Also, in the 90s no one knew how to hold a camera properly▶SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrYe70o7NmDioL02PRVWVg?sub_confirmation=1▶FOLLOW on T...

^YouTube

#Windows 11 is now automatically enabling #OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

"Quietly and without any announcement, the company [#Microsoft] changed Windows 11's initial setup so that it could turn on the automatic folder backup without asking for it."

Imagine your operating system forcing all your desktop files to sync to the cloud, without letting you know it would do that. Users should be aware of when their files are synced to any cloud.

Oh wait, I forgot... Microsoft has zero regard for user choice, #privacy, and #security.

#privacymatters

neowin.net/news/windows-11-is-…

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

Microsoft quietly changed how folder backup works in the OneDrive app on Windows 11. Now, the OS enables it by default during the initial setup without asking the user for permission.

^{Taras Buria (Neowin)}

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Monday: #Microsoft caves following outrage about the new #Recall feature's accusations of being spyware by making it "opt-in" on #Windows12. 🤔

🚨 noyb has filed two complaints against #Microsoft (365 Education) for violating children's data protection rights!

👉 The company shifts responsibility for #GDPR compliance to local schools...

👉 ...and places tracking cookies without consent

Read all about it here:

noyb.eu/en/microsoft-violates-…

Microsoft violates children’s privacy – but blames your local school

noyb has filed two complaints against Microsoft for unlawful data processing in 365 Education

^noyb.eu

Do you ever stumble upon an old Excel file that's locked with a password and you can't remember what it is? This can be incredibly frustrating, especially if the file contains valuable data! 😩

In my latest video, I show you a surprisingly easy way to remove worksheet protection from any Excel file, even if you don't have the password! This trick is perfect for those times when you're locked out of your own information.

The best part? You don't need any fancy software to do it! Just a little bit of text editing will do the trick. 😉
Check out my full video here: youtu.be/68goS6XdoW0

#excel #howto #productivity #exceltips #microsoft #office #tutorial #tech #software #spreadsheets #YouTube #Feditips

Po tom, čo sa mi podarilo konečne zmigrovať blog z Drupalu, hovoril som si, že načim aj niečo napísať... Recall od Microsoftu ma konečne prinútil sa trochu rozhýbať:

herrman.sk/home/a-tento-poznat…

#microsoft #recall #privacy #sukromie #eff

Microsoft's Recall function is looking like a total security disaster.

doublepulsar.com/recall-steali…

#Microsoft #Recall #CyberSecurity

Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.

I wrote a piece recently about Copilot+ Recall, a new Microsoft Windows 11 feature which — in the words of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella- takes “screenshots” of your PC constantly, and makes it into an…

^{Kevin Beaumont (DoublePulsar)}

#Windows users running stupid scanners now contact us for support regarding CVE-2023-46218 which the scanners say affects #curl 8.4.0 shipped by Microsoft.

It would, if their version was built to use #iibpsl, a prereq for this CVE, which #Microsoft does not.

Security scanners. A snake oil business.

curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-46218.ht…

With #Microsoft introducing #Recall which will screenshot your screen to monitor all activities on your device, this begs the question...

What #Linux distro will you be switching to?

Microsoft published a report last month acknowledging the existence of a long running honeypot operation running on code.microsoft[.]com.

techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5…

#microsoft #infosec #threatintel

Examining the Deception infrastructure in place behind code.microsoft.com

The domain name code.microsoft.com has an interesting story behind it. Here we examine how we've used this to collect actionable threat intelligence.

^{TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM}

With the impending doom of ICQ in June and the new crappy version of Teams coming in July, I would like to post this meme one final time

#ICQ #Teams #Microsoft #MicrosoftTeams

23.5.2024 - Der Tag an dem offensichtlich wurde, dass Bing praktisch die einzige verbliebene Alternative zu Google ist. Alle anderen "Suchmaschinen" sind Bing mit Schlapphut und Trenchcoat. 🕵️

heise.de/news/Bing-DuckDuckGo-…

#ZerschlagtDieMonopole #microsoft #google #bing #duckduckgo #qwant #ecosia #startpage

Bing, DuckDuckGo und weitere Suchmaschine nicht erreichbar

Einige Suchmaschinen, die nicht Google sind, funktionieren derzeit nicht. Betroffen sind Bing, DuckDuckGo und Ecosia.

^{Eva-Maria Weiß (heise online)}

A Word of Advice if you
intend on using/trying Microsoft's newly announced Recall feature :

Be *extremely* careful with the data of others.

Recording your own data is one thing, but if you continuously use a feature that will record others on video conferences, chat conversations, and emails, without explicit consent, you could get in a lot of trouble.

Not only this can be extremely unethical (to say the least), but it could also expose you to serious legal consequences.

Remember:

1. Be careful: The use of this feature might not even be legal in some locations/situations/circumstances. If you use it, you should verify this first.

2. Consent should always be free, explicit, and revocable.

3. Once you collect the data of others, you become its guardian. You have a responsibility to secure it properly, for as long as you keep it. This is a heavy burden.

4. The easiest and safest course of action is to simply not collect this data in the first place.

In that sense, I highly recommend NOT using features such as Microsoft's Recall.

This is a data privacy disaster waiting to happen. For others, and for yourself.

#Privacy #Recall #Microsoft

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…

New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC

Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."

^{Ars Technica}

Access for All: Two friends helping change opportunities for blind people with an open-source screen reader for all. Now on Microsoft Unlocked: unlocked.microsoft.com/nvda/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #ScreenReader #A11y #Microsoft #FOSS #OpenSource #Free #News

An open-source screen reader for all – Microsoft Unlocked

Read our Story, An open-source screen reader for all on Microsoft Unlocked

^Microsoft