for free??

Ohhhh, thanks for letting me know!

I downloaded the mobile app but it’s asking me for E-Mail straight away and there’s no way to select my own server… What gives?

bottom of the barrel humor, laughed hard as fuck on this one

Oh no, it absolutely isn’t. It’s actually a feature apple implemented to stop apps from scanning and interfacing with the devices on your local network without your approval and Teams has zero explanation on why it needs that permission nor why the calls can’t be made without it while every single other app is able to do so without that permission.
The only other apps that require it are device specific apps (printer, local smart home stuff, FTP, DLNA, etc) and network scanners.
Is it possible that Android doesn’t have that permission and therefore Teams is able to scan the network regardless? You could test it out with an SSH or network scanner app for example

iOS, it’s been that way for a long time…

Correct, using the guest network is better but I think turning off WiFi and just using mobile data is sufficient. I wonder if the permission applies to cellular connectivity as well.

Teams is the worst, you can’t join any call if you don’t allow it to scan your local network. I wish the executives a very nice and agonizing death.

Try in a dimly lit room once your eyes get accustomed to darkness

Such a great long read that cleared up a lot of lingering questions I had, thanks for sharing this.

my inner voice leaking

I thought the same when I was reading the Wired article. Fuck Wired, extremely not very cash money of them.

I think that even the most expensive TVs have the same OS and data collection

fuck yeah

smh the “i” is missing

my drunk ass is unable to understand this right now

proper cunts

It isn’t but I don’t think that was specifically the point

Excellent read

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