Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by marekful on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:23PM
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Nothing legal prevents them from trying but if you block the tracking then your not in the wrong, and if you prove they tracked you in your lunch break and after work, you might have a good chance at winning in court for invasion of privacy.
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Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by pixl97 on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:46PM
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Most of this will be under 'tracking the corporate asset'. They aren't tracking you as a person, but instead a laptop or phone of which they own or control. That's going to be much harder to defeat in the US.
Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by direwolf20 on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:40PM
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Invasion of privacy is legal in the US.
Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by toomuchtodo on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:24PM
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Very true, I support this, but the law is still needed imho unless we're fine normalizing the continuation of corporations tightening the screws on workers to keep their labor costs within their desired tolerances. It's about control, of course, as it always is. Protect the human from bad actors, broadly speaking.
I would be chuffed if I see someone present on breaking this at Defcon this year.
Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by marekful on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:32PM
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There are some questions, too. Can I track my boss if he can track me? Can I install a key-logger on the CFO's laptop? Why not? They just want to see where I am, and I just want to see what key they hit...
Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by toomuchtodo on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:57PM
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You could potentially purchase profiles on them from a data broker, and make them public if not illegal in your jurisdiction.
Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by boogrpants on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:37PM
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There are laws against LEO engaging in extrajudicial killings.
There are law's against wage theft.
Both happen quite often, recent ICE events aside.
Turns out words written in a book do not actually constrain physics.
What is this? The medieval ages? You seem to believe laws are mage armor.
Individuals need to grow a spine and not be so kowtowed. This battered wife shit where everyone has to kneel before some rando with an iPhone clipped to their belt is pathetic. Management isn't actually anymore useful to humanity than me, cause like me there's a huge backlog of people who can do managements job.
Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by reactordev on Friday January 30, 2026 @12:44PM
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Laws are for them, not for us. It’s to keep us in their pockets. In line. Working. Till we die. Written by the wealthy and powerful to remain wealthy and powerful.
Re:Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: 365 Now ...
by boogrpants on Friday January 30, 2026 @01:00PM
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That they are wealthy and powerful is illusion.
All I see is frail old, codependent losers who need blue pills to simulate virility.