Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC

[Kenzo]

My take on that at first glance is that the goodness or badness of that feature is both subjective and objective depending on who has access and how it's used.

It's clearly something that is a valuable tool when it's not available to anyone but the user and that user's needs. It's a dangerous weapon if it has a back door available to other than the user or can be accessed without permission for nefarious purposes.

I'd say if Microsoft's true intent is to enhance their software and it's a feature that can be used or rejected by the end user, it's just another potentially useful feature and nothing more.

Now if Microsoft's goal is to spy for nefarious reasons, that's another story, but why would Microsoft want to keep a record of screenshots of all PC users? That brings me back to the issue I have with grand conspiracies. It would take so many people or so much computing power to monitor it, it makes no sense at all. Of course they could filter it, but it would need to be reviewed at some point by human eyes. It seems to me it would tie up so many people and so much computing power as to make it almost absurd to think that's the goal. To monitor everyone that is.

The real problem is not Microsoft, nor would Microsoft's plan be to monitor everyone. The problem would come if the government used it without a warrant to observe individuals. But then they can already do that.

As long as it's a feature that can be added or removed at will, I'd have no issue with it.

For me it`s not possible to trust much big tech companys , and even less to Bill Gates . 

Another scenario , what if there will happen something big ......i use january 6 insurrection as an example . They allready used social media data like discord to get the chat/conversations of the people in capitol . Imagine even something bigger happening in future ....are they then thinking, wait we can now search all data from all the people who has this microsoft OS . An excuse  to search , to get access to peoples computers .

The risk is also third party , hackers etc getting access to data , maybe ? if they find a open door.

I do agree that they would need huge computing power to do it , i do not know how they can do it exactly .

Major intelligency agencies have allready used scanning internet to find out who uses specific keywords people use , more or less....and red flags are given if they think someone is interesting fella . What if this is the pre-filter , getting in to the list where they next look all your data in operating system , just to be sure you are not dangerous terrorist , that is if the data would end to cloud where they have access .

So is this the next step, scanning/storing internet is not enough.....they want more , the all seeing eye want`t to see what people are doing in their computers .

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I think one significant solution to this is simple: Disclosure.

I mean base-level, ground floor disclosure.

Microsoft offers up it's wares via a marketing effort.  That means we rely on sales-staff and marketing media to determine what the product is.

What they never disclose is the fact that in order to use this product you must "agree" to their stated provisos... as if the "click" were your signature, and based upon that agreement, the operating system installed on your computer is rightfully theirs, not yours.  You can't change it, you can't even labor to analyze it without risking a breach in the agreement.

So they add more and more abusive, intrusive, and controlling capabilities within it, and it's their "right" by agreement.

Co-Pilot, and all such interfaces operate to "collect" data.  They offer what it can do for you... but never disclose what it does for them (Think: metadata.)

The internet was a noble idea, and those who live to exploit turned it into the avenue to make information about each individual person "a product."  Copilot is just another one of their tools...

"Give them an inch... then take a mile."

Yeeh full disclosure would be helpfull .

The internet has become paranoid , sort of....they monitor everyone just in case ...

I will never let them get my award winning BBQ sauce recipe, that`s a fact .