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Madex ,

Pushed me to endeavour os

MonkderZweite ,

What is C:windowstemp? Wasn’t LOCALAPPDATA supposed for that?

dutchkimble ,

This is getting tiring, not microsoft or Google or apple or any other, its too hard to be private these days, using nextdns, vpn and mull but I still dont feel safe browsing

N00b22 ,

Yeah, on /r/assholedesign I have seen posts about these popups

30p87 ,

Malware characteristics Windows

  • Backdoor/Automatic file download/execution ✓
  • Logs keys ✓
  • Injects into other processes ✗
  • Solely designed to only make money ✓
  • Prevents removal of itself/parts ✓
  • Does not annoy the user ✗
  • From an untrusted source ✓
  • Closed source ✓
  • Sells your data ✓
  • Tries to gain control over the ‘user’ ✓
  • Relies on unawareness to exist ✓
  • Minimal ✗
  • Compatible with many systems ✗
  • Basic features do not cost like a new GPU ✗
m3t00 ,
@m3t00@lemmy.world avatar

set the edge homepage to google. don’t use the widgets. crap news sites mostly

kugiyasan ,

Just… Don’t use edge altogether? There are so many browsers with better privacy (librewolf, brave, ungoogled chromium, etc). Any reasons why you want to stick to edge so badly?

stib ,

Showing it to the man! Good job refusing to give into surveillance capitalism by using… oh, wait…

Honza368 ,

Why would you still use Edge, though? It’s a slow, bloated and spyware filled browser. Honestly, you’re better off with Chrome lol

m3t00 ,
@m3t00@lemmy.world avatar

i don’t use it. for when windows opens it trying to shove it in my face. was some msn crap

pedroapero ,

What else are people expecting from Micro$oft ?

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