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Well, here is what Microsoft says on the privacy for this service: > By default, Microsoft Edge provides spelling and grammar checking using Microsoft Editor.
by deafpolygon 4y ago
Well, here is what Microsoft says on the privacy for this service:
> By default, Microsoft Edge provides spelling and grammar checking using Microsoft Editor. When using Microsoft Editor, Microsoft Edge sends your typed text and a service token to a Microsoft cloud service over a secure HTTPS connection. The service token doesn't contain any user-identifiable information. A Microsoft cloud service then processes the text to detect spelling and grammar errors in your text. All your typed text that's sent to Microsoft is deleted immediately after processing occurs. No data is stored for any period of time.
So, they don't keep any data using this.
But it's unclear since they also do text prediction; which can be toggled separately in Edge.
> If the Use text prediction toggle is turned on, Microsoft Edge sends the text in the text box, your top language from the browser setting, and a text box identifier to a Microsoft cloud service over a secure HTTPS connection. The text box identifier is not associated with your account. The Microsoft cloud service processes the text to generate a relevant text prediction. Typed characters and text predictions are cached for up to 30 days, for service quality and performance improvement purposes only.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/privacy-whitepaper/#writing-assistance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/privacy-whi...
- justinclift 4y ago> A Microsoft cloud service then processes the text to detect spelling and grammar errors in your text. All your typed text that's sent to Microsoft is deleted immediately after processing occurs. No data is stored for any period of time. Interestingly, if they also share the text with third parties, then every one of those statements could still be completely true.
- deafpolygon 4y agoDo you think they are being deceptive?
- justinclift 4y agoWho knows for sure as to the current state of things, and what they may do in future. But, it's the kind of hole in their wording they could drive a truck though. ;) Personally, I'd be very surprised if they're not using people's written text as training data for various "AI" efforts. Let alone sharing the data with other parties. Watching MS operate for a couple of decades has shown that if they see an opportunity to do something shitty, they'll probably take it. o_O
- deafpolygon 4y agoWell, if we're going to do that. Apple has shown that they'd willingly help themselves to your data, while protecting you from others accessing it. Who knows what Apple will do with it? For all we know, iCloud Drive is now E2EE because they've figured out a way to ingest metadata and other information about your file as they store them. I mean, we don't know for sure if it's encrypted before being stored or not. All we know is it is now encrypted if you turn it on and Apple has no access to it. But to say nothing of it before or after. (/tinfoil on) I'm not a Microsoft apologist, but I don't think they'd need to lie: "No data is stored for any period of time." Anytime they've done shitty things, they have more or less been caught. > if they also share the text with third parties Legally, they have to share whether this data is being shared with third parties. It's about all we can do these days - for all you know, HN is collecting data on your activity and selling it to third parties for extra $. (Unlikely, but if we're gonna put our tinfoil hats on... no one is beyond suspicion! /s) In any event, I know what it's doing and I'm not under any illusions that this is a privacy issue. I only use it to write things that will end up in public spaces anyways (such as HN, or Reddit). Any of my more private type of writing is done with offline tools.