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  • My Android used to nag me to install Onedrive and uhh, enter into a contract with them.
    by aitchnyu
  • Is this part of the new focus on quality and respect they announced a couple of months ago, or is that yet to come?
    by hurfdurf
  • I’ve switched over to Windows 2021 Enterprise IoT LTSC before I jump to Linux. Just letting it slow burn now.
    by vanagandr
  • The full title is:

    > Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces if you allow it

    by hn_acker
  • Would you like for OneDrive to scan your photos?

    Yes

    Ask me again in 30 minutes

    by javcasas
  • It’s the OneDrive installing new OneDrive Photos app. It happens on any Windows version, such as Server 2025 that has OneDrive installed.

    It isn’t limited to Windows 11.

    by winstonwinston
  • Oh yay. Now our terminal server can have OneDrive Photos AND Teams installed for every single user profile.
    by montjoy
  • Damn it. I guess I have to contact my friends who use Windows to warn them and to be sure that no photo that includes me is exposed to this system.
    by JohnFen
  • I had not considered that aspect, and now I am very bothered by it.
    by 220hertz
  • Make sure nobody uses photos with Apple, Google, or Meta either.

    Sorting photos by people is a convenient feature popping up everywhere.

    by 9x39
  • It's as if Microsoft decided that people who haven't already left Windows either have no choice or just don't care, so they will tolerate everything.

    Microsoft is not wrong

    by DiskoHexyl
  • A few days ago I installed CachyOS, and I'm in the middle of transferring stuff from Windows. I, who used them all - MS-DOS, 3.11, 95, 98, you name it. I'm tired, boss.
    by orphea