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Oh, I bet it pains them greatly!๐Ÿฅบ

[โ€“] TDCN 22 points 3 months ago

At least they are honest about it now. After lying about it forst tho.

[โ€“] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 months ago

This week's example of why no one should trust MS with their data, ever.

Also this week's example of why you should run an OS you control.

[โ€“] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 10 points 3 months ago

Ah yes, the beauty of end stage capitalism

[โ€“] obvs@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

This is why US-based technology companies can't be trusted. Find alternatives, like Proton or Tuta.

[โ€“] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago

Oh great, just gave Trump information for something he didn't know he could do. Now, he will do it.

[โ€“] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Have to? No they donโ€™t. Do they think we are stupid? They want to. The CLOUD Act mentioned in the article only applies to data created by US citizens.

In fact the main purpose of the act was to allow the executive branch to enter into information sharing agreements with said countries to bypass warrants here in the US. If you are a US citizen using a mail service with for instance EU based servers there is less protection legally for your emails.

[โ€“] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We know they do this since Wikileaks and Snowden, have we adjusted? No.

[โ€“] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Would have" as in past tense?

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

"Would have" as in past tense?

"Would have to", "would go", "would be", are all in subjective form.

So that's like "would be required" since "I have to go" is like "I must go"; just, with that sentence form, 'must' is hard to easily swap-in.

[โ€“] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I must have skipped over the "to".

[โ€“] rutrapio@jlai.lu 3 points 3 months ago

And I doesn't know a single Head of IT deciding to get away from this crap !

[โ€“] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

Nothing to see here.

Microsoft being Microsoft.