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This doesn't seem particularly shocking. What I'm surprised by is that Edge wouldn't have been reporting the full browsing history already (with the settings yo

by jsnell 4y ago

This doesn't seem particularly shocking. What I'm surprised by is that Edge wouldn't have been reporting the full browsing history already (with the settings you get when just clicking through every dialogue box at first startup), and only started doing so with this feature. At least the privacy policy [0] suggests the former: > Depending on your settings, this browsing history is sent to Microsoft, which helps us find and fix problems and improve our products and services for all users. So is the news that they're doing this even when the "Help improve Microsoft products by sending optional diagnostic data about how you use the browser, websites you visit, and crash reports" option is off? That'd be unfortunate. Or is the news that it's sent to a Bing domain rather than a Microsoft domain? That is just stupid reporting. [0] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-b...

withinrafael 4y ago
Yes, the news is, as written, when the creator feature is on (and it is by default), all websites are reported to the Bing API endpoint. The other options you referred to aren't mentioned because their configured state is not relevant. Specfically, the following request is sent: GET /api/v7/followweb/isfollowable?appId=F1E45C4A7B95B48AC3F411C6214F6B861D0C276B&mediaUrl=https://www.domain.com/&edgechannel=stable HTTP/1.1 The endpoint then responds with a bit of JSON: { ..., "status": "UnFollowable" }
- jsnell 4y ago
  The configuration state of the option that allows Edge to send browsing history to Microsoft is pretty damn relevant when talking about a feature that involves Edge sending browsing history to Microsoft. If the option is being ignored, it's the kind of thing that'll result in fines in multiple countries. If the option is being respected, it's not even a story. I assume you're the person quoted in the story and know the details, so thanks for clarifying. Sounds like it's the former then.
  - withinrafael 4y ago
    Yep that's me, and fair point!
pndy 4y ago
> What I'm surprised by is that Edge wouldn't have been reporting the full browsing history already IIRC one of Sysinternals tools allows to pull list of accessed files, folders and sites regardless of the browser. In such case Edge wouldn't need to report history because OS does that already.

by jsnell 4y ago

withinrafael 4y ago

Yes, the news is, as written, when the creator feature is on (and it is by default), all websites are reported to the Bing API endpoint. The other options you referred to aren't mentioned because their configured state is not relevant. Specfically, the following request is sent: GET /api/v7/followweb/isfollowable?appId=F1E45C4A7B95B48AC3F411C6214F6B861D0C276B&mediaUrl=https://www.domain.com/&edgechannel=stable HTTP/1.1 The endpoint then responds with a bit of JSON: { ..., "status": "UnFollowable" }

jsnell 4y ago
The configuration state of the option that allows Edge to send browsing history to Microsoft is pretty damn relevant when talking about a feature that involves Edge sending browsing history to Microsoft. If the option is being ignored, it's the kind of thing that'll result in fines in multiple countries. If the option is being respected, it's not even a story. I assume you're the person quoted in the story and know the details, so thanks for clarifying. Sounds like it's the former then.
- withinrafael 4y ago
  Yep that's me, and fair point!

pndy 4y ago

> What I'm surprised by is that Edge wouldn't have been reporting the full browsing history already IIRC one of Sysinternals tools allows to pull list of accessed files, folders and sites regardless of the browser. In such case Edge wouldn't need to report history because OS does that already.