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Comment by hnlmorg

The problem here is that it's very easy to argue a lot of these prompts as "security".

- Upgrade to Windows 11, our most secure operating system ever!

(more secure against which benchmark?)

- Switch to Bing, our most secure browser ever!

- Enter your phone number into Facebook to help secure your account!

(translation: we want another data point to track you)

None of the above is technically wrong, but it doesn't mean that the intention of the nagging is to protect users.

parent hnlmorg 2 years ago

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