Microsoft Privacy Concerns

Users express skepticism about Microsoft's data collection practices, privacy policies, and alleged collaborations with the NSA or spying on users, questioning trust in MS products.

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djim Aug 2, 2020 View on HN

what about not collecting user data? isnt that better than msft collecting it?

frontendthing May 15, 2016 View on HN

how is the privacy situation with this microsoft product? Can you say anything about that or are you just blindly using it?

fartcannon May 17, 2022 View on HN

He's saying Microsoft can spy on your stuff and that they dont want that.

TylerE Jun 14, 2013 View on HN

I can't take their privacy stuff quite seriously, considering they are partnered with Microsoft.

bradford Jun 28, 2018 View on HN

disclaimer: MS employee, this is solely my opinionDoes the GDPR do anything to put your concerns on this issue to rest?(By those regulations, MS is required, under penalty of very large fines, to not do what you are accusing them of doing.)

deogeo Nov 16, 2019 View on HN

This implies it's OK for Microsoft to have the data in the first place. I don't trust them any more than Google.

rrrrrrrrrrrryan Nov 20, 2023 View on HN

Do you think Microsoft gets access to it?

ebarock Sep 11, 2015 View on HN

What has Microsoft done with user consent?

croes May 19, 2023 View on HN

The problem is, it's not their instance, it's Microsoft's and nobody knows what MS does with the data.

macintux Jun 4, 2024 View on HN

Microsoft does not make it easy to give them the benefit of the doubt.See, for example, the Recall debacle. https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ev...