I've seen this advertised a lot recently. Especially on YouTube and so on.
If you don't know, it's a free download that corrects spelling and grammar as you write. Everything from emails, reports and letters, to posts on social media etc
It sounds good seeing as it's free....but...
A program like that will cost a LOT to develop, what with input from institutions and linguistic specialists, and programming, back office support and so on.
So what is in it for them?
A read a suggestion that what IS in it for the people behind it is that everything you write, from messages to loved ones, to the tax office, to your bank, even sign-in names and passwords will be theirs for the taking should they so wish.
Personal stuff would be the least of your worries I'm thinking.
Is that simply paranoid or is it a real danger?
BTW I haven't downloaded it so maybe they have covered this in their instructions and terms. Of course what companies SAY they do with your information and what they actually DO do with it are often very different things.
If you don't know, it's a free download that corrects spelling and grammar as you write. Everything from emails, reports and letters, to posts on social media etc
It sounds good seeing as it's free....but...
A program like that will cost a LOT to develop, what with input from institutions and linguistic specialists, and programming, back office support and so on.
So what is in it for them?
A read a suggestion that what IS in it for the people behind it is that everything you write, from messages to loved ones, to the tax office, to your bank, even sign-in names and passwords will be theirs for the taking should they so wish.
Personal stuff would be the least of your worries I'm thinking.
Is that simply paranoid or is it a real danger?
BTW I haven't downloaded it so maybe they have covered this in their instructions and terms. Of course what companies SAY they do with your information and what they actually DO do with it are often very different things.
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