Re:Italian watchdog bans use of Google Analytics
by hedora on Friday June 24, 2022 @07:43PM
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Microsoft is now double dipping (they charge for the product and also monetize telemetry). They own linked in, github, office, teams and windows, and are combining those surveillance streams.
They continue to support the CLOUD act as a "first step":
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/04/03/the-clo...
Microsoft's telemetry in end user products is known to tech savvy people but the company is mostly known for its operating system and office suite that most businesses already use. Additionally in Germany Microsoft used to offload its enterprise services to Deutsche Telekom (or T-Online I think) operating them for MS under the Microsoft brand, thus appearing even more trustworthy by effectively handing over control to a well-known German company. This changed but reputation sticks.