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Originally this was a reply to this article about a Windows feature called Recall, but there's a good argument the author's concerns resonate far beyond Windows and Meta to proprietary generally.

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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 40 points 2 months ago

Switching from Windows to Linux isn't going to block them from monitoring your use of online services. Facebook doesn't even do anything in the OS space.

[-] mukt@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

They have an agreement with MS, so they are definitely doing something there.

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