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

submitted 5 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Shellbeach@lemmy.world 86 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Or when it actually deleted the local files once it uploaded them to one drive. Fun times.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

Or the fact that once it's off of your hard drive and sitting comfortably on their cloud (their hard drive), they can scan it and harvest it for data.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago

OMG this happened to a colleague of mine and they deleted the files from OneDrive without realizing they weren't on their hard drive anymore 🤦