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Tool_of_Society · 2024-06-07 17:54:46

Indeed since this is MS you can guarantee this is just a first step to them expanding their ability to monitor your habits for further monetization.

coliveira | karma 8490 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2021-10-09 15:55:24

This is MS, of course they'll do this kind of thing.

sigzero | karma 4147 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2017-03-07 16:43:22

I am pretty excited to see where MS takes this.

whywhywhywhy | karma 9527 | avg karma 3.1 · | 2019-06-08 15:37:55+00:00

Really hoping, but also expecting MS is doing this too internally right now, it's the only pain point left for me on Windows.

Great to see how this sort of thing could feel.

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dj_doh | karma 47 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2016-06-14 03:50:45+00:00

Stuffs like these are going to be great boost for MS and its cloud initiative. Zenefit-esque product is next on the horizon.

yuhong | karma 6263 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2011-07-20 21:33:57+00:00

AFAIK MS seems to be doing this too, BTW.

kengray41 | karma 1 | avg karma 0.17 · | 2015-01-22 18:52:14+00:00

Anyway, it's Microsoft and it will spend a huge amount of money for the marketing this new gadget. We will see the results in next 6 months I guess.

amerine | karma 1090 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2023-06-22 20:19:14

Seems like the kind of testing I’d expect from Microsoft. Nice.

ukuina | karma 1113 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2023-12-25 02:15:15

Microsoft Guidance will do this.

digi_owl | karma 9592 | avg karma 1.33 · | 2016-12-13 15:16:56

I would not be so surprised. MS have, beyond playing dirty, been good at coming up with tools for the office sphere.

keithg | karma 67 | avg karma 1.86 · | 2014-03-18 15:15:30

I agree. If they wrap this into their MSDN subscription packages, then it opens up a ton of new users.

solarkraft | karma 8658 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2020-02-05 16:02:21

Thanks for sharing that! Do you happen to know how MS feels about that implementation nowadays?

pavs | karma 7962 | avg karma 4.53 · | 2010-01-04 21:16:51+00:00

Well, with MS, its a feature.

teddyh | karma 23902 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2022-10-17 14:36:34

Do you mean that you think that Microsoft will do these things for you?

uxamanda | karma 315 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2019-11-22 20:07:39

Very excited to hear this. In the blog post where they announced this [0], they also say they will be helping their customers, the more the merrier.

I know people worry that big companies use compliance to squeeze out smaller competitors, but I think CCPA is a good start and very approachable for medium sized companies. Know what data you have, be transparent about it, and be willing to remove it if requested.

[0] https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2019/11/11/microso...

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sausagefeet | karma 1394 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2012-06-29 13:24:26+00:00

God, finally a MS website that I can actually determine something about what the company does from.

tetsu2024 | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2024-02-16 02:12:00

I am pretty sure this is what Microsoft is trying to do.

stingraycharles | karma 11619 | avg karma 4.34 · | 2019-07-25 15:46:28+00:00

I suspect this is one of the things that Microsoft has more experience with, and we might be seeing their influence here.

favorited | karma 4158 | avg karma 3.89 · | 2016-10-19 01:07:45+00:00

Thanks, I totally missed that. That's pretty great – I thought it was a neat idea from MS, but I was worried it would get any traction. Glad to have been wrong!

jki275 | karma 302 | avg karma 0.16 · | 2019-11-14 20:03:49

Dude, MS has had activation for their products for like a decade and a half if not more.