[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] one drive -- Interesting

[Robert Primak]

 Well, it's at least as private as Amazon's Alexa from their home assistant series of IoT devices. 
Google's drive and email services and Yahoo's email services do exactly the same thing. 

If you want it to be private, encrypt it before uploading it. 
Oh wait, Microsoft has a Cloud-first save default. Sorry, my bad. You can't encrypt these automatic OneDrive saves.  (This applies especially to Office 365 and Outlook.com.) 
So how's Apple's privacy in iCloud looking these days? 
Since these services all include subscription upgrades, I see no argument that for a free service, you are the product. These services are free as in free beer. Once you really start using them, you have to pay for more storage or subscribe to a paid product or service. 
-- Bob Primak 

    On Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 01:27:06 PM EDT, John Rudy via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:  
 
 
This is like “AI searches are private and not remembered”.  Well, maybe

  

If you do a search on bomb making expect to get an FBI visit

  

John Rudy

  

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From: Rich Moffitt <rich at richmoffitt.org> 
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Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] one drive -- Interesting

  

Hi, John. What you're seeing isn't sharing with other people (not even Microsoft employees, through a combination of encryption, access controls, and pinky swears). Microsoft would probably tell you that what you saw is still considered "private to you." Instead, it's software services built into the platform reading the files that you uploaded to them to deliver the memories feature.

On Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 10:05 AM John Rudy via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:


I have just started getting messages from onedrive (OneDrive photos at onedrive.com) containing a small group of photos and the message



 

I thought my onedrive account was private to me.  Apparently not.

When I click on “View all memories” I am asked to log in to Microsoft.

 

I went to gemini.ai and asked about onedrive privacy.  Here is a portion of what it responded:

 

Managing your OneDrive photos' privacy involves controlling sharing permissions and using specific privacy features. Here are the main ways to do so: 

1. Control Sharing Permissions

The most direct way to manage privacy is by controlling who has access to your files and folders. 
   
   - Sharing Individual Photos/Folders:
   
   
   - Right-click on the photo or folder you want to manage.
   - Select Share or Manage access [1].
   - In the sharing dialogue, you can:
   
   
   
   - See who currently has access [1].
   
   
   
   - Stop sharing entirely.
   
   
   
   - Change permissions from "can edit" to "can view" (read-only).
   
   
   
   - Remove specific users [1].
   
   
   
   - Set an expiration date for the shared link [1].
   
   
   
   - Set a password for the link (with a Microsoft 365 subscription) [1].

 

John Rudy

 

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