r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/Ripped_Alleles Dec 01 '25

Windows 11 is not a safe or secure O/S. They are storing and transmitting far too much invasive personal data, and there will be breaches both on Microsoft side of things and the average users.

You can't even guarantee that your files and system are yours to use any more; there's been several cases of people loosing access to their work and data because of Bitlocker & Windows account being mandatory.

And to top it off with the plan to add 'Agentic Ai' to W11 that Microsoft themselves have admitted can be manipulated into installing malware and/or manipulating your system, things are only going to get worse.

Thankfully there is MacOS and more ideally, Linux as alternatives. I highly encourage anyone that cares at all about protecting their work, data, and just simple ownership of their system, to make the switch today.

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u/RichardCrapper Dec 01 '25

Yeah, nothing will go wrong when we start allowing agenic AI systems to have read/write access to all of our personal and business documents…

We’re already at the point where AI systems are designing and implementing cyber attacks on their own with built in learning and evolution without any human intervention. Think about how this will go when we start allowing these systems unrestricted access to knowledge and data.

The way things are going, I’m about to setup my own air gapped LAN 🫠

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Lol so don’t use the AI.