Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft, here is how to disable that
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Microsoft Edge has many convenient features to improve your browsing experience. However, some of those features raise privacy concerns. One, for example, sends images you view directly to Microsoft.
  • honk@feddit.deEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I shouldn’t have to be a lucky mf that stumbles upon an article by coincidence that explains how to configure his web browser to not send pictures I look at across the atlantic ocean without my knowledge. WTF is going on.

  • altz3r0@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    If you think Edge is a bust, I got news for you: if you are using Windows, pretty much everything spies on you now days. :)

    • reka@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      To anyone who used Linux once upon a time and got scared off - try it again. Nowadays so much works without any config, driver support is so much better and, at least with my last year using Fedora, it’s incredibly stable.

      And if you get stuck, ChatGPT is so good at helping you through the experience. Also, IMO, once you spend a week or so to get used to Gnome desktop environment it’s better than both windows and macos.

      • interolivary@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I really wouldn’t tell anyone to rely on ChatGPT for technical support. It’s fine if you already sort of know what you’re doing, but it has a tendency to “lie” very convincingly and come up with either broken or even potentially harmful solutions