Except the problem that kicked this all off was users being opted into Copilot without their consent - and while these users shouldn't have been, it's clear that "surprise, you're hooked into Copilot now whether or not you want to" is the intent for personal accounts.
Yes, but I think (and I may be wrong) that there are kind of two issues there. 1) Is Copilot being added to customer accounts without being asked for. It was supposed to be just home users, but it seems like something more is going on for some folks and I'm investigating. 2) Is whether having...
...Copilot creates an ethical issue for some professionals. This is just my opinion but I don't think just having it is an ethical issue in most cases since you can choose not to use it. And if you do use it you can control it and review its work.
I am no longer a lawyer, but I learned to think privilege like the invisible permanent ink on an anti-theft tag at a department store.
I represent two clients, Alice and Bob, whose interests are not adverse but nonetheless Bob may not be told anything I learned because of representing Alice.
Bob tells me he’s taking his business elsewhere, so I turn over my files and I ask Copilot to summarize them with a nice cover letter and recap of representation.
If I am a small (solo) attorney who uses M365 for $99/yr without an org or IT admin, to what extent can Copilot guarantee that:
But choosing not to use it doesn't mean that MS hasn't already turned it on. How do we delete everything copilot? How do we remove the data it has stolen? How do we stop MS enabling it again after disabling it?
If we can't do this then MS is now a tainted product for business and home use.
So home users don't deserve any privacy in a product they pay for?
So if I receive a confidential email on a personal machine, copilot will ingest it against my will as it's a home licence.
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Again, just my opinion.
I represent two clients, Alice and Bob, whose interests are not adverse but nonetheless Bob may not be told anything I learned because of representing Alice.
If I am a small (solo) attorney who uses M365 for $99/yr without an org or IT admin, to what extent can Copilot guarantee that:
B. Once I delete Bob’s files, they will not be part of generating Alice content later?
C. Even if I don’t choose to use it, a “try this” popup won’t generate a summary of my files blending A and B?
If we can't do this then MS is now a tainted product for business and home use.
So if I receive a confidential email on a personal machine, copilot will ingest it against my will as it's a home licence.