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Is Your Raspberry Pi Phoning Home to Microsoft? – Gizmodo Australia
A new update to Raspberry Pi OS, previously known as Raspbian, has put open-source fans on edge. Why? The new OS is pinging Microsoft servers every time the user…
A new update to Raspberry Pi OS, previously known as Raspbian, has put open-source fans on edge. Why? The new OS is pinging Microsoft servers every time the user updates their apps or the OS itself.
The brouhaha is a bit of a tempest in a teapot, because the new OS simply pings repositories that hold Microsofts Visual Studio Code editor, a simplified IDE that has risen to become a formidable tool in the programmers arsenal and, presumably, a solid educational tool.
That said, open-source zealots…
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