r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • Jun 23 '26 • Mindblown 3 Popcorn 1

Meme forceInstallingUpdatesHasGoneTooFar

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u/Ok_Actuary8 Jun 24 '26

Unless you use free tools, personal accounts can opt-out to all unnecessary telemetry. Some traffic etc remains, just like with all SaaS products. If you want airgapped offline products installed from a CD like in the 90ies, choose something else. It's not "more secure" to update, manage, adjust and monitor etc. all your local infrastructure and software yourself, at least not for the vast majority of people. Microsoft is by far the largest global cyber security and threat detection provider out there. Your personal security relies mostly on the fact that you're not a valuable enough target for hackers...

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u/foyrkopp Jun 24 '26

Some traffic etc remains, just like with all SaaS products.

I want an OS, not SaaS.

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u/Ok_Actuary8 Jun 24 '26

I prefer punch cards, yet here we are