Microsoft to forcibly install the Bing extension in Chrome for Office 365 ProPlus enterprise customers from mid-February, to change the default search to Bing
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Discussion
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@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
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NEW: Microsoft to forcibly install Bing search extension in Chrome for Office 365 ProPlus customers *Extension will change Chrome's default search from Google to Bing *Extension rollout scheduled for mid-Feb *First to get it: AU, FR, CA, DE, IN, UK, US https://www.zdnet.com/... h…
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@jukkan
Jukka Niiranen
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Did someone accidentally restore the Old Microsoft from the 90's backup tapes? Because this kind of malware installation is hardly what I'd expect the New Microsoft of 2020 to be planning 🙄 https://twitter.com/...
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@jonhoneyball
Jon Honeyball
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Time for another eu antitrust investigation against Microsoft? https://www.zdnet.com/...
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@whatthebit
Stefan Constantine
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It's almost like they forgot 2001. https://twitter.com/...
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@maryjofoley
Mary Jo Foley
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Microsoft to automatically install a MS Search in Bing extension in Chrome for O365 ProPlus users starting in Feb. which will switch search engine default to Bing. Admins: You can block this ; users: you can switch back: https://www.zdnet.com/...