This should be a strike against MS's trustworthiness, if true. A lot of workplaces are hesitant to utilise AI models due to privacy or sensitivity concerns.
FTA: "Government tenants (GCC/DoD) for some reason don't support this capability, the one that Baroudi insists "does not create new data exposure risks."
So the government customers that can really strike back at MS don't get this enabled by default. Very interesting...
I would also wonder if this would trigger IT review due to data access patterns. Having copilot start accessing documents would likely trigger certain security systems at many companies that are designed to prevent corporate espionage. It seems like a good possibility anyway, I certainly wouldn't be willing to risk it just so I could generate AI slop emails.
I actually ran into this recently. Someone linked a doc in iirc a teams chat. Ok, I have teams on my phone. Click the link and get a basic file view, controls are wonky so I’ll download it and…
> You need Edge to download this file
Oh no thanks, not on my phone. I can screenshot the relevant part?
> Screenshot is a black rectangle
Ok well I can copy and pa- fuck!
> Clipboard contains “your organization’s security policy prohibits copying on this device”
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Also, my org’s policies apparently prevent me from using the official GitHub app, but I can browse the repo on edge? Make it stop.
So the government customers that can really strike back at MS don't get this enabled by default. Very interesting...
I would also wonder if this would trigger IT review due to data access patterns. Having copilot start accessing documents would likely trigger certain security systems at many companies that are designed to prevent corporate espionage. It seems like a good possibility anyway, I certainly wouldn't be willing to risk it just so I could generate AI slop emails.