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Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I don't understand the universe in which this is not an option. in an enterprise scenario, you are being very specific about who you share your data with. That's why there's a market for self-hosted AI, and it's why a lot of companies will silo their data. if this thing was on all the time just sending your computer usage shit to Microsoft, there's no fucking way it would have any use in a corporate setting.

with that being said, I don't understand what this article is saying at all

The new policy will apply to devices where the Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot are both installed, the Microsoft Copilot app was not installed by the user, and the Microsoft Copilot app was not launched in the last 28 days.

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"If this policy is enabled, the Microsoft Copilot app will be uninstalled, once.

no, you know what? I don't care. it's really boring