I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC

Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by 1337turtle on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:15AM (#27660859)

If you use Windows and assume you will have any form of privacy or control over the operating system, you are going to have a bad time. Switch to Linux or be okay with Microsoft spying on you. Those are the choices.

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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by ubermonkey on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:37AM (#27661083)

Well, there is MacOS, but that would probably require new hardware.

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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by okamiueru on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:43AM (#27661155)

MacOS is the uncontested king of spying. It literally logs every single executable you run, when you run it, and where you run it from. And it shares this data with no court order as part of PRISM.

https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/

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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by ubermonkey on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:53PM (#27776261)

I mean, I get it's important at HN to whine about Apple, but your pithy summary is not an accurate description of what the sneak.berlin author describes AT ALL.

Not that you care, of course.

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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by exceptione on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:44AM (#27661162)

I have to second this. The questions one has to answer:

What price do I set on my privacy and control? vs What price do I want to pay for inconveniences?

Privacy is a value (abstract) and inconvenience is a concrete experience (concrete). Many people find it easier to reason about concrete experiences then about abstract notions.

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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by cutler on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:32AM (#27661030)

Or a Hackintosh.

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Re:I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC by forgotpwd16 on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:52AM (#27661277)

Then you'll have Apple spying on you. You just swapped one megacorp for another.

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