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Microsoft Scanning Faces in Photos People Upload to Microsoft (Even Unconsciously), Slashdot Turns Report About It Into "Microsoft Sez" (Says)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 15, 2025

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HTTPS image: 'AI' as misleading code-word for mass surveillance: Microsoft is adding AI powered facial recognition to OneDrive.

Or "let's repeat the lies from a PR person/Microsoft's publicist"

HTTPS image: OneDrive spin

There are so many issues with the above Slashdot page. Set aside the fact that a lot of stuff ends up on OneDrive without the users realising it (new defaults).

HTTPS: Slashdot

It also overlooks the simple point that opt-in/out isn't the key thing; no such thing should be done at all (ever); many people shown in photos never consent to that. The "EFF security/privacy activist Thorin Klosowski" misses the point as well, but follow the money...

follow the money

What happened to good media/press? Face-saving lies from Microsoft oughtn't be passed on without rigorous fact-checking. █

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