Disable Copilot in Edge
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- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Impact: MediumSystem Functionality Loss Risk: Moderate
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Overview
This category contains scripts to disable Copilot features in Microsoft Edge.
Copilot, initially known as Bing Chat 1, integrates generative AI into Edge 1 [2]. Despite its capabilities, it raises significant privacy and security concerns:
- Privacy Concerns: Microsoft may retain chat data, which could include sensitive information [2]. It also collects personal data, such as URLs, page titles, user queries, and browsing context [2].
- Security Risks: Language models like those used in Copilot are susceptible to specific attacks and vulnerabilities [3]. Read more: Attacks on language models.
- Targeted Advertising: Copilot can display targeted ads based on chat interactions, raising further privacy issues [4].
Disabling Copilot capabilities bolsters privacy, reduces security threats, improves browser speed, and provides a cleaner browsing experience.
[2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20240519104435/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/edge "Copilot in Edge | Microsoft Learn | learn.microsoft.com" "Copilot in Edge | Microsoft Learn | learn.microsoft.com" [3]: https://erkinekici.com/articles/attacks-on-language-models/ "Attacks on language models :: Erkin Ekici | erkinekici.com" [4]: https://web.archive.org/web/20240623220035/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/privacy-and-protections "Copilot Privacy and Protections | Microsoft Learn | learn.microsoft.com"
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Sources
- Attacks on language models :: Erkin Ekici. erkinekici.com. (2025).
Original: https://erkinekici.com/articles/attacks-on-language-models/ - Our vision to bring Microsoft Copilot to everyone, and more. Bing Search Blog. blogs.bing.com. (2024).
Original: https://blogs.bing.com/search/november-2023/our-vision-to-bring-microsoft-copilot-to-everyone-and-more
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240623213328/https://blogs.bing.com/search/november-2023/our-vision-to-bring-microsoft-copilot-to-everyone-and-more - Copilot Privacy and Protections. Microsoft Learn. learn.microsoft.com. (2024).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/privacy-and-protections
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240623220035/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/privacy-and-protections - learn.microsoft.com. (2024).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/edge
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240519104435/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/edge
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