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minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·9 days agoYes, Clippy existed at a time where your computer wasn’t expected to be connected to the internet 24/7.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 days agoWhich is the only reason why Clippy didn’t steal your data. If it could have, it would have.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 days agoNah. In the 1990s personal data wasn’t valuable to Microsoft because they weren’t selling advertising at the time. Clippy was there only to sell more copies of office.
Yes, Clippy existed at a time where your computer wasn’t expected to be connected to the internet 24/7.
Which is the only reason why Clippy didn’t steal your data. If it could have, it would have.
Nah. In the 1990s personal data wasn’t valuable to Microsoft because they weren’t selling advertising at the time.
Clippy was there only to sell more copies of office.