<![CDATA[Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces]]>Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/29/windows-11-is-quietly-installing-onedrive-photos-another-image-viewer-that-nobody-asked-for/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b3677f88-d65a-4ba0-a430-35840b25d293/windows-11-is-quietly-installing-onedrive-photos-and-it-wants-to-scan-your-photos-for-facesRSS for NodeThu, 30 Jul 2026 23:39:41 GMTWed, 29 Jul 2026 12:49:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:55:01 GMT]]>@martinvermeer
Yes of course, but I think the biggest issue for many is that you have to install it yourself.

I know the actual installation is easy but things like having to decide which distro and DE or WM to use, make a bootable USB and boot from it, possibly needing to get into the BIOS and disable UEFI, etc. are big obstacles for average users.

Organizing more community Linux install fests/parties would help, where people can bring in a computer and have experts there helping them with all that and basic setup or troubleshooting.

@jonsnow

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/leadore/statuses/117007378110324548https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/leadore/statuses/117007378110324548Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:55:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:08:50 GMT]]>@troy_frizzell @jonsnow You should uninstall it. Otherwise it's too easily to accidentally click something and wind up with all of your private data exfiltrated to their servers. 😱

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/117007196514085319https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/117007196514085319Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:08:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:07:39 GMT]]>@aerofreak @jonsnow First thing I do when getting someone's Windows set up. ☝️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/117007191875471990https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/dalias/statuses/117007191875471990Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:07:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:57:21 GMT]]>@leadore @jonsnow
Modern Linuxes are every bit as easy to use as Windows or Apple. Yes some things work differently and take some getting used to, but OTOH much less obfuscation. You can see how everything works, and the Internet is your manual.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/117007151339634593https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/martinvermeer/statuses/117007151339634593Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:57:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:56:42 GMT]]>@jonsnow everyone should get off windows, but if you can't we need a whole lot of ai poison pictures that people can put in their photo folder. Use up their space and screw with their training.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/BenjaminKlein/statuses/117006912902446075https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nu/users/BenjaminKlein/statuses/117006912902446075Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:56:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:49:56 GMT]]>@jonsnow So THIS is the annoying message I keep getting from NVDA, my screen reader every time I start up my computer. I'll never click allow in 10000 years, and I'd like to make that message stop!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/JessicatheVIArtist/statuses/117006414391232114https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kind.social/users/JessicatheVIArtist/statuses/117006414391232114Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:49:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:45:47 GMT]]>@jonsnow I have Google for that

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/eyesquash/statuses/117006398092964083https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/eyesquash/statuses/117006398092964083Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:45:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:17:01 GMT]]>@jonsnow I’m so thankful I jumped off Windows this year. What an absolute shitshow no one asked for.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/4rchmg/statuses/117005577178877287https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/4rchmg/statuses/117005577178877287Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:17:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:16:40 GMT]]>@jonsnow
I understand if people find the idea of switching to Linux intimidating or don't want to do that.

But maybe they could switch to Mac? I haven't heard of Apple doing near as much privacy-invading stuff as Microsoft. I think at this point people really need to get off of Windows, one way or another.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/leadore/statuses/117005103938013889https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sunny.garden/users/leadore/statuses/117005103938013889Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:16:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:24:03 GMT]]>@aerofreak @jonsnow

is truly awful, it wants to take control of your phone and pc

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Captain_Jack_Sparrow/statuses/117004897068466900https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/Captain_Jack_Sparrow/statuses/117004897068466900Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:24:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:17:51 GMT]]>@jonsnow

Most important sentence in the linked article is the last one:

"If you want to block the OneDrive sync client from installing OneDrive Photos, you’ll need to remove OneDrive entirely from Settings > Installed apps."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hessen.social/users/aerofreak/statuses/117004872671591671https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hessen.social/users/aerofreak/statuses/117004872671591671Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:17:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:01:57 GMT]]>@jonsnow
Windows is just spyware now. It is unsafe to use.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mast.hpc.social/users/jbowen/statuses/117004810156470827https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mast.hpc.social/users/jbowen/statuses/117004810156470827Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:01:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:48:05 GMT]]>@jonsnow
OneDrive is one of the most insidious pieces of spyware crap that MS forces people to use without them even realising.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MostlyTato/statuses/117004755625221155https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MostlyTato/statuses/117004755625221155Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:48:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:40:29 GMT]]>@jonsnow

Everyone please take a look at this post

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/ap/users/116575743837323843/statuses/117004725737787440https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/ap/users/116575743837323843/statuses/117004725737787440Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:40:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:35:36 GMT]]>@jonsnow If you or anyone continues to use Windows following the already widespread information of how Microsoft steals your data and uses it for their own financial gain, regardless of it's impact on you, you simply must not care about your personal privacy!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115928974998519511/statuses/117004234710866131https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115928974998519511/statuses/117004234710866131Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:35:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:17:33 GMT]]>@jonsnow
The only good way to be rid of this is to delete the exe and the shortcut with group policy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/demon6/statuses/117004163693057367https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/demon6/statuses/117004163693057367Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:17:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:01:35 GMT]]>@jonsnow

Your data, including the images, are the property of the companies to which you voluntarily provide them by using Windows or Chrome OS.

If you don't want this, you have to stay away from their products.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/menschlich/statuses/117004100906154898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/menschlich/statuses/117004100906154898Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:01:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:56:22 GMT]]>@greenpete @jonsnow @ReggieHere it’s easier to not change. The inertia of staying is higher than learning how to do all the Linux things.

IMHO it would take a widely accessible and cheap machine with Linux preinstalled along with basic programs that are windows equivalent to have people move over. Even then that’s friction, so people stay.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lifewithtrees/statuses/117004080394108460https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/lifewithtrees/statuses/117004080394108460Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:56:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:38:51 GMT]]>@jonsnow Windows behaves from day to day more like a data stealing malware.
@prahou drawing fits very nicely to those news:
https://analognowhere.com/_/oumuti/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.la10cy.net/users/DeltaLima/statuses/117004011566321267https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.la10cy.net/users/DeltaLima/statuses/117004011566321267Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:38:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:31:24 GMT]]>@troy_frizzell @jonsnow Hint: Ctrl+Shift+Esc (to open Task Manager), then go to Startup tab (the speedometer symbol), and disable OneDrive startup there.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/117003982248338482https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/117003982248338482Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:31:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:23:45 GMT]]>@jonsnow From Recall to scanning your faces. They're the same picture. 🤣

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115930959045427278/statuses/117003952175501952https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/ap/users/115930959045427278/statuses/117003952175501952Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:23:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:16:00 GMT]]>@jonsnow One of the many reasons I'm not upgrading to Windows 11. I'm biting the bullet and planning a migration to Linux.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/nandor/statuses/117003921698836263https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/nandor/statuses/117003921698836263Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:16:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:39:50 GMT]]>@jonsnow Nope. That's why exists.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gooba42/statuses/117003779470106116https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gooba42/statuses/117003779470106116Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:39:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos, and it wants to scan your photos for faces on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:39:11 GMT]]>@greenpete @jonsnow @ReggieHere

You know that 'jealous girlfriend' meme? The girl in blue looking horrified is labeled 'Windows', and the one in red that just walked past is labeled 'Linux'. The man is labeled 'most users' 😀

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/bytebro/statuses/117003776891852460https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/bytebro/statuses/117003776891852460Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:39:11 GMT