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Re: M$ Copilot

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Clocky wrote:
> On 13/10/2024 2:28 pm, Mighty Mouse wrote:
>>
>> been checking out copilot today, and noticed a couple of things. 
>> firstly, in any interaction with it, after it gives you the info you 
>> asked for, it asks you questions, and wants to start a dialogue. I 
>> thought that's a bit strange. why does it want me to tell it things 
>> about myself? and secondly.. I noticed it keeps a record of 
>> everything that's been said to it right from when you first used it. 
>> you can see your entire interaction by scrolling back thru the text, 
>> and you can save it, print it, have it translated, have it read aloud 
>> to you, or screenshot it. but guess what's the one thing you cannot 
>> do with it? you guessed.. delete it! so why is M$ asking us 
>> questions, and keeping a record of our interaction with copilot? 
>> could it possibly be to obtain as much info about us as possible and 
>> construct a profile?
>
> Probably and I can imagine that info to be quite valuable to advertisers.

I can see them rubbing their hands together in glee

>
>
>>  I bet it is. and even if we could delete our conversations from the 
>> copilot screen, that's no guarantee that M$ doesn't still have a 
>> record of everything that's been said!
>>
>
> I noticed it installed itseld in an update to Windows 10 and there 
> doesn't seem to be any way to delete it.

yep. the latest update put it in the task bar

>
> I didn't ask for it nor did MS give me an option to install or not. I 
> have no need or desire to interact with it so I should have been given 
> the option. If Linux wasn't such a steaming pile of useless shit I'd 
> be using it instead of Windows.
>
>

I have Linux running on another PC. I just keep hoping that it will 
evolve into a viable alternative to windows. but for now I just have it 
on the secondary PC, to keep au fait with it

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M$ Copilot Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-13 17:28 +1100
  Re: M$ Copilot Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2024-10-14 07:10 +1100
    Re: M$ Copilot Ozix <ozix@xizo.am> - 2024-10-14 13:04 +0800
  Re: M$ Copilot Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-10-14 15:06 +1100
  Re: M$ Copilot Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2024-11-18 17:10 +1100
  Re: M$ Copilot Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2024-11-21 17:19 +1000
    Re: M$ Copilot MightyMouse <"squeak!"@theCheeseFactory.com> - 2024-11-21 19:36 +1100
      Re: M$ Copilot Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2024-11-21 20:32 +1000
        Re: M$ Copilot Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2024-11-21 23:16 +1100
          Re: M$ Copilot MightyMouse <"squeak!"@theCheeseFactory.com> - 2024-11-21 23:42 +1100
            Re: M$ Copilot Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2024-11-22 00:23 +1100
              Re: M$ Copilot Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-11-22 15:41 +1100
            Re: M$ Copilot alvey <Hans.Andnees@gmail.com> - 2024-11-22 06:26 +1000
              Re: M$ Copilot Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2024-11-22 11:24 +1100
          Re: M$ Copilot alvey <Hans.Andnees@gmail.com> - 2024-11-22 06:23 +1000
            Re: M$ Copilot Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2024-11-22 11:22 +1100
              Re: M$ Copilot Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2024-11-22 15:43 +1100

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