MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID

Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by realo on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:25AM (#49432770)

Its not that it hates its customers , as much as it it a USA-based company that is run under the rules made by the administration.

Not that much different from running Red Star OS from North Korea, actually.

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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by NewLogic on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:51AM (#49433156)

Exactly it is a legal requirement from lawmakers who either don't care or understand privacy implications to implement provenance metadata. California's act came into effect August 1 https://sd13.senate.ca.gov/news/press-release/august-3-2026/...

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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by bdhdhduuyd on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:50AM (#49433133)

Well I will never ever buy something from Microsoft again because they do hate their customers.

I own an Xbox with an family account. Microsoft's account management is terrible. Their customer support is terrible (computer says no). Never again.

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