Evolution of the trash icon over the years

(just slightly modified from @catsalad 's https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115613773775837129)

#Copilot #genAI

Wrote a blog post about using instruction.md files to guide GitHub #Copilot to avoid risky code dependencies. The approach fills some of the gaps of traditional SAST tool compliance approaches - repos can pick their own risk thresholds instead of being limited to company-wide minimum thresholds & community health risks are flagged before any written…but won’t replace them as hard to enforce as gate.

https://justingosses.com/blog/instruction-files-to-help-copilot-use-less-risky-dependencies

Wrote a blog post about using instruction.md files to guide GitHub #Copilot to avoid risky code dependencies. The approach fills some of the gaps of traditional SAST tool compliance approaches - repos can pick their own risk thresholds instead of being limited to company-wide minimum thresholds & community health risks are flagged before any written…but won’t replace them as hard to enforce as gate.

https://justingosses.com/blog/instruction-files-to-help-copilot-use-less-risky-dependencies

Microsoft ist besoffen

Ich bin immer noch dabei, die News der letzten Wochen zu verdauen. Das geht wahrscheinlich allen so bei dem Blödsinn, der täglich vom großen Bruder über den Teich schwappt.

Ganz besonders heftig habe ich den Kopf letzte Woche bei den News der Ignite-Konferenz geschüttelt. So wie früher bei IBM auf einmal alles Watson hieß, stopft Microsoft nun mit atemberaubendem Tempo überall Clippy,

https://vowe.net/2025/11/25/microsoft-ist-besoffen/

#copilot #windows

Evolution of the trash icon over the years

(just slightly modified from @catsalad 's https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115613773775837129)

#Copilot #genAI

Microsoft ist besoffen

Ich bin immer noch dabei, die News der letzten Wochen zu verdauen. Das geht wahrscheinlich allen so bei dem Blödsinn, der täglich vom großen Bruder über den Teich schwappt.

Ganz besonders heftig habe ich den Kopf letzte Woche bei den News der Ignite-Konferenz geschüttelt. So wie früher bei IBM auf einmal alles Watson hieß, stopft Microsoft nun mit atemberaubendem Tempo überall Clippy,

https://vowe.net/2025/11/25/microsoft-ist-besoffen/

#copilot #windows

@Erpel because the spammers are assholes?

• I wished @Codeberg had some #AI #bot / #blocklist feature to flatout block #spammers and #bots cuz given the fact that #GitHub refuses to allow blocking #Copilot, this may be the straw to move the projects over there if I can't be assed to #SelfHost and merely abude GitHub as a #CDN!

• Which I certainly would intent…

Do all the 'just use Linux' people understand that a lot of us have work laptops, provided by our employers, which we cannot tinker with extensively even if we were capable and wanting to??

'Just use Linux' is not a fucking solution to everything
Stop
#linux #windows #genAI #noAI #copilot

Reason 5: in July of this year, copilot-instructions.md appeared, and commits from GitHub Copilot were allowed.

Does @fdroidorg have a stance on the usage of Copilot or GenAI code?

https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/commits/main/.github/copilot-instructions.md
#AI #copilot #foss #genai #syncthing #syncthingfork #privacy #security #fdroid

For anyone running Windows 11 for any reason, if you don't want Windows Recall installed and running by default, and you have admin control over your computer, download and run ShutUp10++ right now.

Last night I was trying to work out a bug in a Steam game under Linux, so for a baseline I installed Windows 11 Enterprise (you know, the one that isn't supposed to have any of the "AI" and secret snooping stuff like Recall in it by default) onto a spare drive. Immediately on first boot, I downloaded and ran ShutUp10++ as I always do on a fresh install of Windows. I noticed a new (to me) tab next to the "Current User" and Local Machine" tabs labeled "Copilot". This tab informed me that not only was Copilot installed on this brand new, fresh, first time booted installation of Windows 11 Enterprise -- NOT Home or Pro -- but that Recall was also enabled and running. Of course I chose the option to disable and remove Recall and Copilot as any sensible person would.

At work this morning I checked a couple of my workstations running Windows 11 and found they too had Recall turned on (which I had previously disabled company-wide via Group Policy) so apparently some update or another reverted changes that it shouldn't have. This is absolutely unwanted and dangerous; like every business we have computers that handle sensitive data, including detailed customer information that should never be screenshot and sent to any third party, even Microsoft. Recall is the worst intentional security violation in the history of computers and technology, and should be banned from any corporation or business. The fact they now have it installed and turned on with a fresh installation, let alone can turn it back on at will, violating a company's wishes as set via Group Policy, is fucking maddening.

The moral of the story: Microsoft WILL spy on you, and if you try to turn off spying, they WILL turn it back on in a subsequent update. Tools like ShutUp10++ are necessary even in corporate/enterprise environments to properly wrangle Microsoft's incessant need to slurp all of our data and feed it to their "AI" Jabberwocky.

#Microsoft #Recall #Copilot #enshittification

For anyone running Windows 11 for any reason, if you don't want Windows Recall installed and running by default, and you have admin control over your computer, download and run ShutUp10++ right now.

Last night I was trying to work out a bug in a Steam game under Linux, so for a baseline I installed Windows 11 Enterprise (you know, the one that isn't supposed to have any of the "AI" and secret snooping stuff like Recall in it by default) onto a spare drive. Immediately on first boot, I downloaded and ran ShutUp10++ as I always do on a fresh install of Windows. I noticed a new (to me) tab next to the "Current User" and Local Machine" tabs labeled "Copilot". This tab informed me that not only was Copilot installed on this brand new, fresh, first time booted installation of Windows 11 Enterprise -- NOT Home or Pro -- but that Recall was also enabled and running. Of course I chose the option to disable and remove Recall and Copilot as any sensible person would.

At work this morning I checked a couple of my workstations running Windows 11 and found they too had Recall turned on (which I had previously disabled company-wide via Group Policy) so apparently some update or another reverted changes that it shouldn't have. This is absolutely unwanted and dangerous; like every business we have computers that handle sensitive data, including detailed customer information that should never be screenshot and sent to any third party, even Microsoft. Recall is the worst intentional security violation in the history of computers and technology, and should be banned from any corporation or business. The fact they now have it installed and turned on with a fresh installation, let alone can turn it back on at will, violating a company's wishes as set via Group Policy, is fucking maddening.

The moral of the story: Microsoft WILL spy on you, and if you try to turn off spying, they WILL turn it back on in a subsequent update. Tools like ShutUp10++ are necessary even in corporate/enterprise environments to properly wrangle Microsoft's incessant need to slurp all of our data and feed it to their "AI" Jabberwocky.

#Microsoft #Recall #Copilot #enshittification

Do all the 'just use Linux' people understand that a lot of us have work laptops, provided by our employers, which we cannot tinker with extensively even if we were capable and wanting to??

'Just use Linux' is not a fucking solution to everything
Stop
#linux #windows #genAI #noAI #copilot

@dangillmor The two most common requests I get from clients as of about August this year:

1. Divert a perfectly functional PC from becoming e-waste by replacing Windows 10 with Linux.
2. Uninstall, disable, or block #CoPilot, #Recall, and all other #AI misfeatures in Windows 11 and on common websites.

People literally pay to not have Microsoft's slopware. It's not merely worthless; it's of negative value.