re: previous, i really don't trust microsoft to not find some way to sabotage that too, so i'm going to take any non-tpm pcs offline or install some less fiddly linux. pita and i don't really look forward to it. will probably need some inexpensive windows 11 notebook for work stuff anyway. ew.
years back i might've taken the 11 upgrade early, but have felt increasingly opposed to it the more ms was like "just take our word for it" on dubious spy features. you can shut some of it off, but i've seen toggles and settings messed with by updates even outside the ms family.
already got store cameras up my ass while shopping. the tech will have a shit fit if you don't bag just right in the self-checkout and go into yellow alert lockdown until an employee can make sure you haven't nicked tic-tacs or something, all because of performative corporate panic over shoplifting during a time when shoplifting has decreased.
and, there's always the looming threat of flock creeping in and creating a police profile on my errand running. i don't need it in my home, too.
flock proponents want us to just take their word for it too. disturbingly close to home:
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/city-r … A3E5VPFGFYoops.
Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2025-11-13 06:05:53)
