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Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner
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They put ads in the startmenu and take "snapshots" of your machine every few seconds to train AI to replace office workers.
At least on Pro / Enterprise / Education edition there are no ads. Maybe I have disabled them, no idea. It could be that this is a thing in Home edition that cannot be easily disabled, have never used Home edition in my life to be honest.
Recall is an optional feature that will run on specific CPUs and it will be local unless something recently changed. Would I use it even if I could? No, I don't see a need, but it probably will be useful to many.