Microsoft Has Just Lost Privacy Case in Austria and Its Latest Moves Make a Complete Ban Seem Imperative
Days ago: Microsoft Windows is No Longer an Operating System, It's Surveillance Project
Hours ago:
Microsoft is not a software company, it's a spying agency that uses software to collect data. Maybe we've being coy, but that's just how it seems.
As someone put it 9 hours ago: "Astonishing. They clearly feel their users have no choice but to accept this onerous and ridiculous requirement. As if users wouldn't understand that they'd have to go way out of their way to write the code which enforces this outcome. All for a feature which provides me dubious benefit. I know who the people in my photographs are. Why is Microsoft so eager to also be able to know this? Privacy legislation is clearly lacking. This type of action should bring the hammer down swiftly and soundly upon these gross and inappropriate corporate decision makers. Microsoft has needed that hammer blow for quite some time now. This should make that obvious. I guess I'll hold my breath while I see how Congress responds."
"Might as well rename Windows to Abomination," somebody said 4 hours ago. "Microsoft Abomination. It's got a ring to it, no? Kinda catchy. NOT."
This is very relevant in light of this news:
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Austria finds Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students: privacy campaign group
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Austria-based privacy group Noyb said Microsoft 365 Education installed cookies that collect browser data and are used for advertising purposes
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Austria: Microsoft Education Tracked Kids
Users, including a minor represented by her father, must now be granted access to their personal data.
The Austrian authority confirmed it issued the ruling on Wednesday but provided no further details.
Noyb criticised Microsoft for previously attempting to shift responsibility to schools or other national institutions when users requested access to their data.
Also see: Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide? █