I wonder if MS will start to designate any action intended to bypass (or inhibit the functioning of) Copilot or Copilot dependant systems as a violation of the OS terms of service?
@avon_deer it's not "if" but "when".
And the "when" is always going to be "sooner than you'd expect/think"
Doesn't even have to be a violation of TOS... just make it completely inseparable from the OS like every other terrible feature they cram in.
@colinstu It is driving me nuts. Right now our organisation is blocking it using Group Policy (not an option for users on the home version of course) as it is a patient confidentiality and privacy nightmare.
But there are rumours that feature will be going.
@avon_deer @colinstu Pretty sure that there are some government departments which will be having extensive talks with MS right now about this, and it will boil down to "Let us block Copilot in Enterprise or we will leave your ecosystem."
Maybe I am a bit of a conspiracy theorist, but given the potential for AI-driven ecosystems to inform on the device user (effectively acting as an always-on desktop cop) I suspect the biggest proponents of "Recall" and "CoPilot" will be governments and authorities. With appropriate opt-outs for THEM of course.
@avon_deer @renbymon only people who want this are: C-suite/VC fund/shareholders who can only think of “line go up”, advertisers, data brokers, and the NSA/whatever intelligence agencies. Oh and I’m sure hackers will make full use of this too.
Consumers/end users are going to lose lose lose. (Or abandon MS)
@renbymon @avon_deer @colinstu total government switch to Linux, that would be funny. UK.gov distro a go go.
I would say Apple, but they’re on this bandwagon like all big tech right now.