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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 86 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pro tip : you can also uninstall Windows by installing Linux over it.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Simply fire up the garbage disposal and throw your SSD in

[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 51 points 9 months ago (2 children)

“I’m actually really excited about how nerdy we got on the security architecture,” says David Weston, vice president of enterprise and OS security at Microsoft

🙄

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Maximum cringe

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago

...I mean it actually sounds quite good? That's probably better secured than your password manager which has a very similar risk profile.

... It should have been built like that from the start though! And this relies on Microsoft never watering it down so they can skim user data off the top....

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

Oxymoron. "More secure spyware"

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

"Uninstall"

Sure....

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 23 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Is there an equivalent to godwin's law for Linux users? If you don't have someone mention ditching windows you'll never think to do it yourself

[–] gsfraley@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, I was in the camp of "put a sock in it" until I reached a point of "alright FINE, I'll give it a go" and now I'm joining the choir on it, desktop Linux is a dream.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Ya I got nothing against linux and I'm going to switch my old laptop once get the time and a flash drive small enough but I find it's practically like the reddit meme of the upvotes dropping on the guy's head

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's a bit grating as it's preaching to the choir here, but people mainly do not know you can replace the OS, or frankly what an OS is.

You really do have to evangelize for change to make this even occur to people.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I remember back in high school a gal was having computer trouble and when asked about it, she said her computer ran Microsoft office. Like yeah, people don't really know what an os is.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

It's called SudoGetLinux's law

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 9 months ago

Without Linux users advocating for Linux it would never reach the average consumer. We don't have a marketing department we have to grassroots that shit.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It must be opt-in for EU market.

[–] hikaru755@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Reading the article, it seems like it will actually be opt-in for everyone

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 9 months ago

its an improvement because now for all you know it appears to uninstall the feature for now.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago

Microsoft requires a proof of presence through Windows Hello.

... which requires a hotmail account or something, right?

So no. The only interaction I'll have with this is coding cinc.sh to remove it.