

These programs start sucking the personal data out of your machine and into your account in the cloud.

This then allows the machine to invoke OneDrive (MS) or iCloud Drive (Apple).
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If they don't know how to use the secret key commands to avoid this, then they're bullied into signing in to an MS/Apple cloud account. (This is getting more and more vicious as time goes on, e.g. User is badgered viciously to connect the machine to the Internet. MOST PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY UNAWARE that this enables the OS maker to start sucking your personal data out of your machine and then later you for rental money.Īgain, the fact is, MOST PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING until I point it out to them. When you buy a brand new computer with an OS from either of those companies, you'll be bullied into signing in to your computer with a Microsoft or Apple account. (I'm sure there was some sort of an "I agree" button absolving them of any wrongdoing, but none of my clients were aware of what it was.) They'd then begin "backing up" everything in your machine and then beg you for money.

They would stow away into victims' computers through other malware. If you remember a few years back, there was a PUP (potentially unwanted program, aka legal malware) called ZipCloud. I want to make a post today about one of the core threats to consumers right now: Cloud-Sucking Scandals.
