I agree, these decisions in 2024 are thoroughly vetted. I think the only thing these companies don't know is when the news cycle will pick up on something they're doing and they get blowback, and they'll have to pretend this was some little oversight.

Honestly, it has the smell of an NSA pressure campaign which would also rake in the money like nobodies business.. an easy choice for Microsoft. They are as guilty as sin for turning everything they create into a surveillance product.

I was just remembering today what they did to the security/encryption as soon as they bought over Skype… they removed it. And who would that benefit - the spies.

No-one cared about that. No-one ever cares. Except for this rare occasion - tides are turning and people are starting to care a tad more.

Totally. They just thought nobody would give a fuck. Except, people did. And now Adobe is getting it too.

Adobe figures that if MS can get away with it why can't they? Companies will just keep chipping away at our privacy every chance that they get because our data is extraordinarily valuable and we can't stay hypervigilant and outraged forever. Eventually, they'll get what they want, and then they'll push a little more.

Yes, it feels like the world is about to implode.

I don’t have any friends that care about their own security and privacy. Wanna be my friend? Lol

"noncon:" an abbreviation for "nonconsensual;" describes Microsoft's behaviour towards users.