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Microsoft advertising Copilot on lock screens (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.howtogeek.com/microsoft-was-showing-qr-code-ads-on-windows-lock-screens/

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately Group Policy isn't bullet proof, Microsoft has a history of sneaking in "features" like this as part of an update, but without any corresponding policy to disable it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's also a moving target. There isn't one simple 'turn off the ads; turn off the tracking' group policy. It requires repeated research and effort by the IT team playing wack-a-mole with this stuff.