Something to be mindful of when buying laptops & portable devices in the near future.
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Something to be mindful of when buying laptops & portable devices in the near future.
Originally Posted by Windows Central
https://www.windowscentral.com/softw...ont-of-your-pc
ik9000 (14-04-2023),Saracen999 (14-04-2023)
I doubt anybody here will be surprised by my reaction.
First, yet another reason to avoid W11.
Second, this kind of thing ought to be STRICTLY opt-in only, but knowing MS it won't be.
Thirdly, my mindset is such that one (but not the most important by any means) reason for buying my present laptop is there ISN'T a built-in webcam. At all. Which makes it hard for software or the OS to enable it. I have microphones turned off, except/unless when I want them, which so far has been never, on this machine.
I remain to be convinced how this kind of feature will EVER be something I want enabled, but can easily see why I don't want it present at all, let alone on by default.
Yup, predictable, wasn't it?
Thanks for the heads-up, AGT.
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
ik9000 (14-04-2023)
So.. if I'm on Shuttle Tydirium, approaching the forest moon of Endor, will it sense the presence of Darth Vader for me...?
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Originally Posted by Mark Tyson
AGTDenton (14-04-2023),ik9000 (14-04-2023),Saracen999 (15-04-2023),Terbinator (15-04-2023)
no, but clippy will appear saying "It looks like you're playing a game and from the furrowed brow and mild perspiration you're beginning to get stressed. Would you like me to open Cortana to find ways to help cope with stress?"
In so doing the game will minimise, Clippy will take the mouse priority and Cortana will already have opened bing and be sharing your data with a selection of sponsored clinicians.
ik9000 (14-04-2023)
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
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