π Elon Musk just crawled from under a rock and discovered something that has been bothering people for years. It is just too funny not to share this one.
Image description: Elon Musk & X @elonmusk β’ 42m Just bought a new PC laptop and it won't let me use it unless I create a Microsoft account, which also means giving their Al access to my computer! This is messed up. There used to be an option to skip signing into or creating a Microsoft account. Are you seeing this too? This is not cool of Microsoft.
(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-02-25)
Microsoft is valued at 3 trillion dollars. Even if we go back to just under a single trillion during covid, elon couldnt afford it. I dont think theres anyone on this planet who could buy half of microsoft, none the less the whole company.
The best part is I think it replaced the user libraries folder with OneDrive without asking. If you disable OneDrive it could delete the files off your computer or dump it into the root home folder for that user. It did that when I used it last at least.
Even on the Pro edition, on the most recent version it doesnβt have an option up front for a local account.
Apparently the workaround, for now at least, is to try signing in with [email protected] and a random password. It then tells you the account is locked due to incorrect sign in attempts, and gives you an option for a local account.
I would assume it was for work and he would have it connected to a domain. With group policy you can set to use local accounts as default if I remember correctly.
Just tried to post to Xwitter. It wonβt let me use it unless I create a Xwitter account. Which also means letting twitter cookes and algorithms track me across their site and push media at me.
Hypocrite. Doesnβt matter if itβs AI or algorithms, the end result is the same.
While valid criticism of Twitter, this is not hypocritical. There is a difference between a website that doesn't owe you anything not letting you in, and a device you own and paid money for, not letting you in. A comparable scenario would be Twitter deciding that paying users can no longer access the website (because it's now mobile app-only or whatever).
Reality is a lot more creepy. They don't need to wiretap you.
If you talk to someone about a subject. Google knows you 2 have encountered each other, because Google knows both your locations, even if the GPS is disabled.
And if the other person do a quick search on the subject after you left. Then google can associate you with that user and gives you similar ad results. So it looks like you only thought about it.
But it goes further. Because Google has so much data on everyone, they can predict what you want before you even thought about it. Because like it or not, in a population of 8 billion, you aren't really that unique. There will be at least 10 000 similar people that all react to things the same way. So if they all have this brilliant idea about a subject, then you are bound to have the same idea. So they serve you ads.
I just have my phone as my designated privacy nightmare because I'm cheap and whatsapp lets me make free phonecalls. My computer and browser on the other hand are so loaded up with privacy measures that if I don't log into youtube it literally breaks and shows no videos because the algorithm has no data to workt with.
Your right, it collects data on files/usage habits and organizes it under a profile tied to you while adding nothing of worth. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a keylogger built into windows at this point.
shift + F10 to open a command prompt during the out-of-box-experience setup bit.
Type OOBE\BYPASSNRO and press enter.
Think it stands for something like Out Of Box Experience / Bypass Network Requirement O-something.
Your computer will restart, and you will have the "I dont have Internet option" allowing you to create a local account
"Setup for an organization" and "domain-join instead", but you aren't forced to domain-join later. At least that's how it's done on Windows Pro. No idea about Home/Standard/whatever it's called now.
Yup... still need to create an account to use but if you're not online..no bueno for Microsoft bueno for local account. Just beware, you won't be able to take advantage of all of Microsoft....cloud services or the telemetry you can't opt out of..
And yet, if Lemmy didn't fall all over themselves to post every single negative thing even vaguely related to him, I'd never have to hear about Musk. Maybe I should finally start using keyword filters for Lemmy.
I keep trying but it keeps asking me to set up an account. eventually it accepts that I set up an account named root, but it won't let me continue without an account.
If you read the thread he tried the solution, but it didn't work. The culprit turned out to be that the laptop automatically connected to nearby unsecured Wi-fi, thus forcing online mode. Turning off Wi-fi made the usual solution work.
It's not like I can't watch anything on Twitter without an account so I can get tracked and now also Nitter is dead!
Shame on you Microsoft! Shame on you!
i only just found out this was a thing a few weeks ago, when my partner got a new laptop. i havenβt been living under a rock, but i have been using linux exclusively for around a decade, which may have similar effects.
wait, does this really work? i was forced to go through a win10 install recently and the frustration over creating a microsoft account damn near made me combust
It works with Windows 11 while setting up a new device. Follow the setup and enter βadminβ when asked for a Microsoft account. It will give an error and the possibility to create a local account.
Windows 11 has this co-pilot thing which seems to be an AI although it doesnβt appear to have access to the laptop. Although this is a work computer so I donβt know if thatβs just due to security restrictions.
I don't use Microsoft or Tesla products, myself, but don't Teslas also have an assortment of DRM, "phone home", surveillance, and network control anti-features?
Seems to be a degree of low self-awareness going on here? π€
@[email protected] He mostly uses Apple products and has mentioned Linux a few times, but he may needs to use some accounting or some crap software that only runs on Windows. So, he bought a Dell or Amazon laptop, hoping for a quick setup. He wants to keep his data private on that laptop, but Microsoft has other ideas, including AI that is forced on everyone. So now he set Microsoft on fire. Just too funny
@[email protected] Oh thx for the explanation in detail. Can be dramatically amusing that he has lived in a vacuum linux environment for so long if it is real