Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October
Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October
Initial Recall preview was lambasted for obvious privacy and security failures.
Initial Recall preview was lambasted for obvious privacy and security failures.
Like clockwork; wait till the outrage dies down, try again in a few months.
70 0 Replyevery single time.
they always come back to try again.
15 0 ReplyFree Software is the only permanent defense to enshittification tactics.
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It worked for Google
12 0 ReplyI mean, I don't think they ever said "you're all right, we'll never do anything like this again and retire the entire idea".
They said they were reassessing the security concerns. Which they did, and are trying again with slightly different methodology.
I'm not telling you to like the feature idea, but you're acting as if Microsoft is trying to hoodwink people in this specific case, when they are actually just doing what they said they were going to do.
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I wonder why they're so insistent to add it if all the data stays on device?
33 0 ReplySurely they would never add even more telemetry that reports back nearly all of your important online activity to Microsoft.
Right?
20 0 ReplyBecause it actually seems useful for a lot of people? I'd actually want to run this, but I don't use Windows.
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At least they seem to have addressed some of the security implications:
The database will be encrypted at rest and will require authentication (and periodic reauthentication)
The feature will also be off by default
But of course, nothing on the front of whether or not Microsoft will collect data on you using it. We can trust them there, I'm sure.
26 0 ReplyBecause of course they are. It went so well the first time.
18 0 ReplyAre they mentally or ethically incontinent? Stupid and/or evil is leaking out from everywhere.
15 0 ReplyAll shall be sacrificed on the altar of shareholder value
15 0 Replythat'll coincide with the date of uninstalling Windows off my last PC!
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