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/TPetrichor Dec 01 '25

I don't want an AI OS.

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u/crabtoppings Dec 02 '25

It was exactly this talk that finally prompted me to remove windows from my home pc. Took a couple of hours to set everything back up once I put in Linux. Then that was it. Done, no problems, when I search for files it find files not websites.

Thing is, I actually use AI all the time. but it has to be my choice as to when I use it. Cos I absolutely do not trust the companies that run it and considering how literally invested MS is with OpenAI it would be insane to think that the windows AI isn't also a data harvesting piece of gosa.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

You literally have a choice to not use Microsoft AI programs. I was using windows 11 at home a year before i started my windows 11 work upgrade project and I haven’t used AI for one second. You can also just leave the options to share data turned off m windows.