Wow, Microsoft just automatically enabling unencrypted uploading of people's files to their servers, as a "backup" measure. And then disabling the "feature" can mean losing the files. Yikes.
https://www.techspot.com/news/110848-onedrive-backup-feature-making-users-local-files-seemingly.html (via Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (npub1afm…5gp4))
Honestly, bless the open source community(ies). We are so fortunate to have enough qualified people (and often companies supporting them) that make it possible to have a viable, usable alternative that is not beholden to the interests of corporate overlords.
αxel simon :pride_heart:
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