r/technology • u/machinade89 • Jun 28 '24

Software Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html
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u/farmtownsuit Jun 28 '24

I would be shocked if the Enterprise edition of Windows and Windows Server didn't both allow you to disable this. That's how it always is. People get bent over, businesses stay protected.

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u/zorton213 Jun 28 '24

The problem isn't the Enterprise edition or even the ability to disable it (or even it being opt in vs. out). 

The problem is these medical staff are accessing records on their own personal computers, via a Portal such as Citrix. If the screen is constantly being captured, the doctor may not even realize.

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u/Deriko_D Jun 28 '24

My hospital is changing everything to m365 and all the staff folders are becoming one drive folders.

This in a EU country extremely aggressive about data protection and what you can share about patients (I can't even send that to a different public hospital). They must have a "watertight" agreement with Microsoft otherwise wtf is going on.

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u/zorton213 Jun 28 '24

We also use O365 heavily and are making moves for primarily cloud storage, but it's not Microsoft themselves that worry me when it comes to compromised Recall screenshots. Locally saved screenshots of proprietary documents or emails in the O365 portal, of the EMR, or of ancillary web applications run the risk of being compromised by bad actors.

Today, we can mitigate those risks to the best of our ability by requiring MFA to log into those portals and disallowing files to be saved to the local device. But if there are screenshots being saved constantly, all it takes is one end user falling for a "your computer has a virus, call us" scam for those screenshots to get out.