Microsoft repo secretly installed on all Raspberry Pi’s Linux OS

[Tolkem]

Hi everyone! Hope you're all having a nice life!

In a recent update, the Raspberry Pi OS installed a Microsoft apt repository on all machines running Raspberry Pi OS without the person’s or admin’s knowledge. Every time a Raspbian device is updated by having this repo, it will ping a Microsoft server.

I don't own a Raspberry, but still...

Microsoft repo secretly installed on all Raspberry Pi's Linux OS - nixCraft

Microsoft repo secretly installed on all Raspberry Pi's Linux OS by Raspberry foundation's official OS, and many Linux/FOSS users are upset.

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[KGIII]

The comments clear a few things up - not necessarily making this a good thing, but maybe making it slightly better.