Microsoft force-installed AI-powered OneDrive on Windows 11 without user consent.

Technology Privacy Corporate PracticesAug 7, 2026score 1.202 posts · 3 replies across 2 instances

The thread discusses Microsoft's admission of force-installing AI-powered OneDrive on Windows 11 and its claim that it is not training on users' faces. The posts question the legitimacy and transparency of Microsoft's actions regarding user data and privacy.

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Parent: Corporate PracticesEntity: MicrosoftSub-entity: OneDriveImpact: negativeDate: Aug 7, 2026Target: Microsoft's practice of force-installing OneDrive on Windows 11

Microsoft claims that AI-powered OneDrive does not train on users' facial data.

Parent: PrivacyEntity: MicrosoftSub-entity: AI-powered OneDriveImpact: mixedDate: Aug 7, 2026Target: Microsoft's assertion about AI-powered OneDrive not training on facial data

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Microsoft admits it force-installed AI-powered OneDrive on Windows 11, says it’s not training on your faces (really) https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/07/microsoft-admits-it-force-installed-ai-powered-onedrive-on-windows-11-says-its-not-training-on-your-faces-really/ So, that's OK then. You didn't want that storage space, did you?

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Microsoft admits it force-installed AI-powered OneDrive on Windows 11, says it's not training on your faces (really)
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/07/microsoft-admits-it-force-installed-ai-powered-onedrive-on-windows-11-says-its-not-training-on-your-faces-really/

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