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what is being done to has provided the example other key changes as 4 Microsoft
keep it safe. Prior to the of apps that use Drive it seeks to avoid fines
changes, only extensions API for backup services. from emergent consumer Wants to End
that accessed user data The company will also protection regulations Windows
directly were required to be turning its attention to amid concerns about
make those disclosures digging in and verifying privacy. Update
but now that will apply to those apps that need Reboots
extensions that access broad access. Among the most
user inputs or those prominent examples Windows 10 is a pretty same approach as they do hassle of having to reboot
handling communications. Google is taking recent of recent alterations great operating system. with the Office 365 update. the system every now and
changes seriously include those related to But one thing about it that In Office 365, users are then, they totally would do
New policies for ad-blocking extensions bugs most users are the quietly reminded that the it. Of course, you can’t turn
extensions and apps that From the start of via the still-unreleased constant Updates, many app cannot be updated it off. But that just goes
access Google Drive API enforcement, any “Manifest V3.” A significant of which require a system while it is still open. This to show how much of a
extensions that use portion of that is aimed reboot. But it looks as means the user to free nuisance this feature can
Google isn’t shirking its permissions that grant at deprecating the API though Microsoft is well to close the app at their actually feel like.
own responsibility on more than what’s required currently used by ad- aware of the hassle caused own time, after which the
those fronts either, with its or that don’t adhere to blocking extensions, by this. Which is why updates will promptly be And Microsoft has been
Google Drive API getting disclosure guidelines shifting the burden to they’re reportedly working installed. working through the
some changes that should will be removed from DeclarativeNetRequest on making updates more years in making the
make apps that access the the Chrome Web Store, API from webRequest seamless and remove the If Microsoft can do update process more of
API easier to trust. pending changes and API. That will change how requirement of reboots something similar with a “background” thing.
resubmission. Once network requests can altogether. Windows Updates, it will You can now postpone
Subsequently, starting removed, Google will be made and give users be a big deal for a lot of the update installation
sometime near the be disabling apps that more control over what the Nick Parker, the Corporate users. And not just that, by a few days. This can
beginning of next year, have been deemed extensions do and where. Vice President of but Microsoft could also be helpful when you’re
Google plans to ensure untrustworthy on end- Consumer and Device send patches and updates in the middle of doing
that third-party apps user devices and will only Sales at Microsoft, more frequently if they’re something and wouldn’t
will generally no longer reinstate the extensions revealed the plans at done in the background like to be bothered for a
have broad access to once policies are met and Computex 2019 in and are sure not to bother few days. And you can
what users are storing in the extension is uploaded Taipei. He published a the users. also setup “quiet hours”.
their Google Drive cloud again to the store. corresponding blog post This will prevent Windows
storage. Instead, most updating on the latest from Is It Necessary? from notifying you about
apps will be severely That aggressive approach Microsoft. In the blog post, updates during set hours.
limited and only have to protecting user trust he wrote the following As annoying as they may
access to specific files, stems from its Project about Microsoft’s plans be, Windows Updates But no matter what you
with previous guidelines Strobe -- the very same to make updates more are great. Windows 10 is do, you will eventually
and restrictions pertaining endeavor that was “seamless”: perhaps the most secure have to give permission
to user control and responsible for the death and advanced operating for the update and the
transparency remaining in of Google’s social media How It Could Work system by Microsoft. And subsequent reboot. We too
place. bid last year after it the updates help keep it have our fingers crossed
discovered vulnerabilities The blog post doesn’t that way. for this “end of the reboot”
The only apps that will in the associated API. explicitly mention how But truth be told, if the promise by Windows.
continue having wider It also mirrors the Microsoft will achieve the average user had the
access are those that seriousness with which no reboot update. But they option to turn this feature
genuinely require it. Google Google is implementing could possibly apply the off and just avoid the

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