microsoft privacy

Microsoft’s Windows operating system uses a persistent Global Device Identifier, or GDID, that can distinguish one Windows installation from another across selected Microsoft services—and there is no ordinary privacy switch that lets users disable it. The identifier became a public controversy...

Microsoft’s Copilot chat history is easy to overlook until you want it gone, and the cleanup process depends on whether you’re using the app, the browser, or just removing a single conversation. In the current Microsoft setup, signed-in Copilot activity can persist for up to 18 months, while...

Microsoft quietly flipped a switch that lets Copilot pull activity signals from other Microsoft services — Edge, Bing, MSN and “other Microsoft products you’ve used” — and left that switch turned on for many users by default, creating a privacy decision some people never knew they were making...