AAAAH Microsoft is Evil: How to Cope
Okay, look at this:
Even Microsoft has joined the thrust-AI-onto-users train, where there are now certain features of their products that I’ve been using for years that one can no longer use unless you agree to let Microsoft use your content to train their AI.
This is from a comment at Kill Zone Blog, here.
I had no idea. I don’t like Libre Office as well as Word, but maybe eventually I’ll switch to that, because it’s not actually unusably bad, I guess. In the meantime, here is how you switch off permission for Microsoft to steal your content:
File
Options
Trust Center
Trust Center Settings
Privacy Options
Privacy Settings
Uncheck the box next to Optional Connected Experiences
And you may need to re-start your computer; not sure.
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I will add, From this article.
Microsoft has denied claims that it uses Microsoft 365 apps (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) to collect data to train the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I don’t believe them.
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You're right not to believe them. Google said for years they weren't snooping and when it went to court, surprise, they had been.
Better off than sorry. Sadly, that is how it works.
There are some things that are more annoying in libre office than in Word, but overall I didn’t find the switch too difficult.
