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Users Upset as Raspberry Pi OS Now Pings a Microsoft Server During Updates – PCMag
The change was made without warning and potentially allows Microsoft to identify Raspberry Pi users.
(Photo: Raspberry Pi)
The Raspberry Pi Foundation enjoys a good reputation among users, but it has been tarnished somewhat this week due to a change to the Raspberry Pi OS.
The officially supported operating system for Raspberry Pi single-board computers is called Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspbian). As HotHardware reports, the latest update to the operating system introduced a Microsoft software repository (repo) by default. The change is due to the Foundation adding official endorsement…
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