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Copper Contributor

Mar 07, 2023

Intrusive gathering of information and hacker sites

I have a Microsoft Surface and I like it very much. I prefer by far, products offered by Microsoft. I hated Google because it was too intrusive and was reading my email contents. I thought Microsoft ...

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Mar 09, 2023

Hi, jpmollic6859

Thank you for this example you wrote in the post:

"A couple of days ago I used Microsoft Edge to find some information. On the left side of my screen Microsoft displayed news. I clicked on the news that Spielberg believed that extraterrestrials were from this Earth from the future. Immediately I got a red warning message saying that my Surface had been infected and that my PC would be locked if I don't pay a ransom! Is Microsoft not verifying the content "

Why do you think it was Microsoft that released this component that caused nothing but false information!

A real hack really doesn't look like that, of course I understand your concerns, but pop-ups can show anything and only your continued clicking can be dangerous so I still recommend Edge as a safe browser

Filling in payment data as an automatic entry is common and secure - of course this can be disabled.

jpmollic6859

Copper Contributor

Mar 10, 2023

What I am saying is that Microsoft Edge allowed that hacking event to occur. It should be designed not only to block hacking events but also to prevent them from appearing on the PC display. The only viable approach in my opinion to motivate the providers of Internet browsing services and social network services to provide safe products is to allow the public and corporations to sue them for the harm caused by malicious actors that used these services to commit their crimes.

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Mar 10, 2023
jpmollic6859
Unfortunately, such logic is impossible to demonstrate -> because the user and Microsoft are aggrieved - I hope you understand that?
I wonder how long you have been using the Internet?
"What I am saying is that Microsoft Edge allowed that hacking event to occur. "
It wasn't a hacking event - I think, your computer is working fine!
Since you refer to the principles of law - as a user you have a duty to notify the relevant institutions (according to the location of your computer), of course the competent services - > will probably ask you to hand over the device for verification as evidence of a crime, maybe your computer already has infected software installed and this caused your problem?