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Just watching from Europe. I'm covered by strong and enforced privacy regulations.
Please do elaborate how they don't work.
The US really needs to work on getting privacy rights in the constitution. There were some implied rights, but the current court's busy rolling out back.
A well run, non-partisan campaign could fix this.
Sure, I'll give it a shot:
Does Windows 11 meet European regulations?
Any answer other than "No" is a rebuttal against OP's argument.
Yes, I run it at home. Clever enough, Microsoft has this handy little trick of asking you about your region during installation. And so it knows who it can screw over, and who not.
I see.
So, a business who deliberately screws over its customers wherever, whenever, and however it wants, suddenly becomes perfectly trustworthy when you check a box.
Contrast, a system that just doesn't screw over its customers.
Not at all, but a couple billion in fines go a long way
Why are you going to so much effort to make Windows work?
I mean, is it really easier to adopt international law than use the command line once in awhile?
Effort? Easier? I just exist in Europe.
And your privacy is not protected from Microsoft when you interact with anyone outside Europe.
That depends, actually. Interacting with Americans on this platform does not expose any of my sensitive information. Then also, there are smaller orgs, and organizations that still do their best to get around regulations by hiding what they do or having convenient accidents.
It's not, and isn't going to be, perfect. But it's a lot better than having to play the paranoid.