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😂 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. (files.mastodon.social)

submitted 9 months ago by nixCraft@mastodon.social to c/tails@lemmon.website

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Image description: Elon Musk & X @elonmusk • 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)

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[–] echodot 3 points 9 months ago

Windows 11 has this co-pilot thing which seems to be an AI although it doesn't appear to have access to the laptop. Although this is a work computer so I don't know if that's just due to security restrictions.

[–] TerryHancock@realsocial.life 1 points 9 months ago

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

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? 🤔

[–] x_minus_t@mstdn.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@thurrott@twit.social @leo@twit.social thought you might find this funny ☝️☝️☝️

[–] thurrott@twit.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@x_minus_t@mstdn.social @leo@twit.social such a genius

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[–] clacke@libranet.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

👆 Late stage capitalist discovers late stage capitalism. It's almost too funny, but it's true. Source:

twitter.com/elonmusk/status/17…

[–] hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com 1 points 9 months ago

@clacke@libranet.de For anyone wondering, I went through this recently and the secret is to first try to login with “admin” username and any password. The login will fail and then you’re prompted to create a local account without needing a Microsoft account. It’s possible you also have to skip the initial Wi-Fi setup.

Although, even not using a Microsoft account doesn’t prevent Windows from collecting heaps of data, including possibly for AI training. Having Musk express the same kind of technical ignorance as people he probably would have branded as luddite himself is quite ironic.

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