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Everyone seems to forget why #GNOME and GNOME 3 and #Unity happened https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/85359.html

Another good reason to ban #software #patents. #Microsoft #Linux
#linux #software #gnome #microsoft #unity #patents

Well, technically, it’s *their email*… you just get to write it.

#surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #microsoft #peopleFarming
#microsoft #surveillancecapitalism #bigtech #peoplefarming

TL;DR #Microsoft is (again) putting requirements on manufacturers (Lenovo, in this case) to effectively limit computers to only run Windows. @EU_Commission - I hope you are noticing and enforcing the rules we have to stop this kind of behaviour once again. Make it fast, please. Thx! https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/60248.html
#microsoft @European Commission

#Microsoft is updating their terms of service again. They are now going to start blocking contents of your email based on what you say or upload.
The terms take effect August 15, 2022.
#microsoft

Content warning: corporate dystopia

#github #microsoft #copilot

⚠️ TIL

:microsoft: If you use # #, it scans all of your arriving # and sends the URLs to # for indexing.

😬 #

https://scribe.rip/@ryanbadger/magic-links-can-end-up-in-bing-search-results-rendering-them-useless-37def0fae994
#email #infosec #microsoft #outlook #bing

Wow, Microsoft is apparently harvesting links in Outlook emails and indexing them on Bing.

https://scribe.rip/@ryanbadger/magic-links-can-end-up-in-bing-search-results-rendering-them-useless-37def0fae994

# # # # # # #
#email #privacy #microsoft #gdpr #capitalism #surveillance #bing

Microsoft's Github Copilot is disregarding Free Software licenses and will be happily selling parts of your GPL code against your will! Woo!

https://drewdevault.com/2022/06/23/Copilot-GPL-washing.html

As the author of this article says - free software should be dependant on free software architecture - I recommend https://codeberg.org as an open-source alternative to Github.
Sadly Github is no longer a platform that can be trusted.

CC: @codeberg

# # # # # # # #

GitHub Copilot and open source laundering

drewdevault.com
#FreeSoftware #foss #codeberg #opensource #github #microsoft #gpl #copilot

Lots of understandable concern today as # # announced their new # availability today. Probably worth a reminder that @conservancy has convened a working group on #, #, and other related issues, especially for # and # contributors.

Perhaps you or others may want to join or read more?

Boosts welcome! :boost_requested:

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/feb/23/committee-ai-assisted-software-github-copilot/

New Committee Will Investigate Copyleft Implications of AI-Assisted Programming

Software Freedom Conservancy announces a Committee On AI-Assisted Programming and Copyleft to develop recommendations and plans for a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community response to the use of machine learning tools for code generation and…
Software Freedom Conservancy
#FreeSoftware #opensource #github #microsoft #ethics #licensing #copilot

Content warning: current Microsoft Office vulnerability

#microsoft #office #itsec #vulnerability

One of the good inpact of # is pushing a laptop # features that can be benefited also by #.
For example # can securely unlock your encrypted root linux drive without entering a password every time.
🔑 📀 :linux:
https://skorpil.cz/en/project/42/mkinitcpio-tpm2-encrypt

Mkinitcpio tpm2 encrypt

All my personal and company computers are powered by Arch Linux with encrypted storages. This setup brings an inconvenience of entering two passwords on startup. One unlocks the storage encryption, second logs me to my user account.
Štěpán Škorpil
#linux #security #microsoft #TPM2

@Bubu I don’t think that’s true. I heard a talk pimping #Matrix at #FOSDEM years back, and I remember because I was a bit repulsed that a pro- #Cloudflare org was getting talking time there. It was the same year that #DuckDuckGo abused a time slot to advertise their #Microsoft-driven service.
#matrix #fosdem #microsoft #cloudflare #duckduckgo @Bubu :progress_pride:

#Microsoft #Office 360 #replacement #Free of #Charge!
#free #microsoft #charge #replacement #office

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