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Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission (www.neowin.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This has to be a massive GDPR violation?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If I understand it correctly this behavior happens only for newly deployed computers if you sign in with Microsoft account so there are no unexpected uploads to OneDrive, only downloads of your existing files if you used this feature before.

Although once you start saving files you might not realise files are being saved to also OneDrive. All in all it is a weird and dumb change, that popup where you are prompted if you want to enable known folder move was perfectly fine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We get Windows 11 N

[–] Codilingus 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't the N mean it's only media player, and codec free? If so, IoT LTSC is a much better bet for minimalism and privacy and bullshit free.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

My bad, you're right. I thought it also excluded the software that made automatic onedrive support possible but apparently not.