Agree this is bullshit, but at least there’s a Reject All button which is far more than we probably would have got prior to the introduction of GDPR.
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
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I went on a site the other day, and a massive popup appeared before I could do anything.
"We Respect Your Privacy"
1200+ "data partners".
Big blue "Accept" button.
Yeah, no you don't.
"We value your privacy... At about $10,000"
Oh no, more about $2
More like $0,02
Big brown 'Eat 💩' button
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766 third parties
Facebook: look what they need to mimic a fraction of my power
Facebook: "All third parties"
"How many third parties?"
"Yes."
You know any third parties? Could you give them this copy of your data, thanks.
Outlook also sends all your email, including those from other accounts, to their cloud. No questions asked. Oh, also your password, because why not?
https://cybernews.com/privacy/new-outlook-copies-user-emails-to-microsoft-cloud/
Mails, passwords, calendars and contacts. Basically everything. Here's another blog article: https://mailbox.org/en/post/warning-new-outlook-sends-passwords-mails-and-other-data-to-microsoft
Can't even turn autosave on for Word docs anymore without letting Microsoft save your shit to the cloud.
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Sending the entire email content to their cloud isn't that good.
However an advantage to doing so is to be able to use push notifications on the app without having to poll continuously the email address from the device. Which in return reduces the battery usage compared to constant polling.
However, they could have done something like spark mail, only get the email subject, sender and a little bit of the content to put into the noficiation then delete after the push notificdation has been sent.
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Also, it's the language scam of the decade to have a [privacy] agreement or terms with a "third party" which is basically anonymous/anyone/indeterminate/changing/.
Literally who would knowingly accept that
I've been a software developer for nearly 25 years now, and I can tell you this.
No cunt reads anything.
Something pops up over the top of what they want, they'll click OK.
With dark patterns you can "guide" the user to click a particular button, for example by having "accept" in a large, bright stand out colored button, and the "reject" button in a low contrast, small or disabled looking button.
This will not prevent people from clicking reject, but it shifts the percentage of people clicking accept vs reject in the websites favor.
As the spouse of an inpatient person who doesn’t like tech, you’re completely correct.
I am just a guy who knows shit about computers and family knows it.
The amount of stuff I had to remove after people next next next'd an adware installation agreement during installing other stuff...
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Being as I'm forced to use outlook for work... At least it's just my work persona they are tracking and selling? That guy is wild.
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They'll write "you're welcome" on your bathroom mirror when they track that you're in the shower.
At least there's a "Reject all" button.
God can you imagine.
768 collapsed areas for each one. You have to expand that area and click the small slider with a 3 second UI freeze each time you do.
Then at the end when you click apply, you get a spinning wheel with "Applying your choices" that seems like it has timed out.
Of course I can imagine, I ve used windows for thirty years now.
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All MS software should be considered spyware.
It's just a shame that Outlook doesn't really have an alternative with the same level of functionality (not without spending a while adding on a bunch of add-ons anyway), and many workplaces (including mine) enforce use of Outlook and other MS software.
Honestly don't mind when workplaces enforce X or Y. It's not like any of my personal stuff goes on the work equipment anyway, nor is work stuff going on my personal equipment.
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Don’t worry there actively working on making outlook as functional as the alternatives.
The “new version” appears like the browser version in a wrapper. So many features are just missing, like pinning a shared mailbox to your favorites.
The bullshit of hiding access to previously available features (i.e. editing distribution lists in the client version), to force migration is just evil, IMO.
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Thats gross. Just no. Use thunderbird or some other FOSS email client, at least outlook is somewhat limited with its spyware BS when you get mail through IMAP
Im tired of telling windows people something they already know. Its your choice to use a completely corporate cucked operating system for your personal computing, you don't get to clutch pearls and act suprised over it being complete spyware, or whenever microsoft decides it wants to erode your user experience just a little bit more because they can.
I tried using thunderbird for work MS email, but TB seem to be in the blacklist of my company (a professional school btw).
It popped me to ask for one time permission from the administrators and I did. They answered me 'TB is not YET trustable by them'. The incident is still 'in progress' after 10 months.
Then I found Ao. Pure gold.
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Fun fact! If you have outlook on your phone with a work account added, chances are IT has admin access to your phone and can remotely wipe it at any time. Also means that your phone can be collected as evidence if you or the company is involved in a court case possibly related to emails
Ok I've tested this with some users that definitely do have their work emails on their private phones and I can't see what this setting is. Are you sure about this, it seems super dodgy?
Modern way of doing it is via intune: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/remote-actions/devices-wipe
You can force registration of the device before they can access the environment, and you can enforce all sorts of things.
This is device management and isn't something that is the default, or comes with Outlook.
A less intrusive method is application management which gives the company control to wipe the account, not the device.
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Just put your work apps in your Work profile.
That's exactly why Android has this function, so they can only remotely access/wipe that profile. Everything in that profile is kept segregated from the rest of the system.
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It's a wonder how Outlook and Exchange Server are used by most companies, many of which have sensitive confidential and proprietary data. Choosing Microsoft is all about having someone to blame for your security problems, not achieving secure communications and storage.
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That then is one third party, one fourth party, one fifth party, …, and one 768th party, amirite?
Oh well as long as it's their legitimate interest, then by all means!
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