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#Windows 11 is now automatically enabling #OneDrive folder #backup without asking permission


Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-is-now-automatically-enabling-onedrive-folder-backup-without-asking-permission/

#Microsoft has made OneDrive slightly more annoying for Windows 11 users. Quietly and without any announcement, the company changed Windows 11's initial #setup so that it could turn on the automatic folder backup without asking for it.


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They have got you, all of you. Or at least your balls.
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That applies only to Windows 11 installations which were done with a Microsoft Account. You can install it without.
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@eeepee
Then its good for them that at least Microsoft is taking care of backups ;)
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From security point of view is good but from privacy perspective is really bad...
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@Murkas Wylander They have no backup because they already fail when setting up Windows and a MS account.