windows copilot

[zaaahel]

would it spy on my files in the future? with the new direction the company is taking with copilot and so on how bad would it be? im trying to make the switch to linux but some software i use for work dont function on linux. that's why I'm stuck on windows for the moment

[tiggs]

Well, copilot acts 'as you', so it has access to everything that you have access to.

Regarding the Windows-only applications, it might be worth trying to run them in a virtual machine. It's pretty easy to run windows inside VirtualBox. You could also use quemu/kvm to do it if you don't want to download a hypervisor.

[busfahrer88]

time to get rid of windows...

[ahassanj]

Linux all the way!

[Uncombed1554]

Valid concern. The Recall feature they tried to push (screenshots everything you do) was a wake-up call. They made it opt-in after the backlash, but still pretty sketchy behavior. Worth going through your privacy settings and killing as much telemetry as you can in the meantime.
For the Linux thing, have you tried running your work stuff in a VM? Might be a decent workaround while you're stuck on Windows.