Microsoft silently installs Power Automate Chrome extension during Windows update—no prompt, no permission (old.reddit.com)

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[-] gassyjack@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Windows is spyware. If you haven’t abandoned it by now after all of Microsoft’s previous anti-consumer practices then you have already agreed to allow it.

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