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Please to have a sane discussion refrain from attributing your fears as facts. Nothing what you mention is done by this update.

• d_watt 4y ago
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/january-17-2023-update-for-office-2013-office-2010-and-office-2007-kb5021751-f4a23c1d-4d1f-44ba-a43a-7a5528afb4ea https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/january-17-2023-up... > This update is intended to help Microsoft identify the number of users running out-of-support (or soon to be out-of-support) versions of Office, including Office 2013, Office 2010, and Office 2007. This update will run one time silently without installing anything on the user's device. Sorry, how can this be interpreted in any way other than Microsoft pushing an update who's only purpose is to scan my computer to collect data for them? And Microsoft has 0 goodwill in this department after pushing updates that made ads start appearing in start menus. These aren't "fears as facts," it's pattern recognition.
  • throwifasd 4y ago
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    • d_watt 4y ago
      > There is no scanning involved How do you think that a windows update checks for out of date office packages in a way that you would not define as scanning? Also, please don't do ad hominem. I have no motivation outside of the personal one not wanting to be worried that every piece of tech I own is phoning home what I do.
      • throwifasd 4y ago
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  • trelane 4y ago
    > scan my computer to collect data for them? Given how little control you have over it, is it your computer?