Windows and all Google apps keep doing it. Been slowly trying to wean off Google and on to Protonmail, but I should probably speed up the timeline. I have to jump through a lot of hoops to keep Windows from backing up all my data externally on Onedrive. Then, I have copilot turned off, but they put it in Notepad without telling me and I was using it for months :c I was able to find an alternative, but I feel like AI keeps getting secretly shoved onto the background of Google, outlook, every social media site, any browser that’s not Brave or Vivaldi. Been trying to use other search engines than Google when I can, but sometimes Google is just the best at finding helpful results. I haven’t been able to use a navigation app in a while, and that’s caused some headache. And of course I need to find a Discord alternative, though I’m sure that’s not something the EU could offer any advice on.
I think what I would like most is some sort of comprehensive “black list” that lists compromised software and some alternatives, as well as a sort of alert letting me know if someone (like Google) puts out an update that quietly turned AI on again in the background. At some point I should probably switch to Linux, but in the mean time I wouldn’t mind knowing what policies the EU puts in place for its employees to ensure privacy while using Windows products.
Windows and all Google apps keep doing it. Been slowly trying to wean off Google and on to Protonmail, but I should probably speed up the timeline. I have to jump through a lot of hoops to keep Windows from backing up all my data externally on Onedrive. Then, I have copilot turned off, but they put it in Notepad without telling me and I was using it for months :c I was able to find an alternative, but I feel like AI keeps getting secretly shoved onto the background of Google, outlook, every social media site, any browser that’s not Brave or Vivaldi. Been trying to use other search engines than Google when I can, but sometimes Google is just the best at finding helpful results. I haven’t been able to use a navigation app in a while, and that’s caused some headache. And of course I need to find a Discord alternative, though I’m sure that’s not something the EU could offer any advice on.
I think what I would like most is some sort of comprehensive “black list” that lists compromised software and some alternatives, as well as a sort of alert letting me know if someone (like Google) puts out an update that quietly turned AI on again in the background. At some point I should probably switch to Linux, but in the mean time I wouldn’t mind knowing what policies the EU puts in place for its employees to ensure privacy while using Windows products.