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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app(stackdiary.com)

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refalo@programming.dev
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Source:

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Zpiritual@lemm.ee
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Microsoft are integrating adware and spyware straight into the os.

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refalo@programming.dev
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Source:

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far_university1990@feddit.de
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Try setup fresh windows 11 system.

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Zpiritual@lemm.ee
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It’s right there in the open. Install windows and you’ll see it. There is personalised ads in the start menu and the os is uploading your private files to the cloud automatically, taking screenshots and uploading them, etc. It’s not hidden whatsoever.

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Vilian@lemmy.ca
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source: 93% of ransomware are windows based

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WldFyre@lemm.ee
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99% of people in France are French

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Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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BUT WHAT OF QUEBEC

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uis@lemm.ee
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Therefore France is french righr out of box

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refalo@programming.dev
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Correlation is not causation.

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uis@lemm.ee
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Causation was never stated nor implied

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it_depends_man@lemmy.world
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“The computer” decides when to install updates and which ones to install.

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