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Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

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Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

#11

Weird outrage bait over a feature that doesn't have to be used and is off by default. I don't know why people are losing their minds over this other than some pavlovian Microsoft response.

Pavlovian response implies a repeated trigger, looks like you answered your own question

Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

#12
post #9

Microsoft are conducting a massive experiment to find just how badly you can treat locked in consumers before they switch. They are plumbing the depths so well it is legitimately hard to imagine what new madness they could come up with next.

I think that's pretty obvious, no? Behavioral controls. You add a web cam screenshot to that desktop screenshot and sell real attention signals to advertisers.

Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

#13
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's today. I encourage you to actually try it rather than repeat an old trope.

No, it really isn't, and I've been working with Linux on desktops since I installed slackware from floppy disks from the back of a giant book after having used Sparcstations. Every single implementation is terrible and breaks in weird ways.

n=1 but my mother-in-law has been rocking Mint since late 2019. It does everything she needs and hasn't had a single question about it since 2020. I apply updates when I visit her house every few months. Don't recall any issues with that, either.

Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

#14
post #3

“Can’t be uninstalled” and “not optional” aren’t the same thing. This headline implies users won’t be able to prevent recall from taking screenshots of what they are doing. I don’t believe that’s true.

I'd be more comfortable with it if MS didn't have a long and well documented history of overriding user settings via patches to turn on features that users had explicitly turned off.

If MS wanted people to trust them to honor settings, they shouldn't have ignored settings for decades.

Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

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post #12
post #9

Microsoft are conducting a massive experiment to find just how badly you can treat locked in consumers before they switch. They are plumbing the depths so well it is legitimately hard to imagine what new madness they could come up with next.

I think that's pretty obvious, no? Behavioral controls. You add a web cam screenshot to that desktop screenshot and sell real attention signals to advertisers.

They already tried that with the XBox One Kinect. That one did backfire quite hard.

Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

#17
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's today. I encourage you to actually try it rather than repeat an old trope.

No, it really isn't, and I've been working with Linux on desktops since I installed slackware from floppy disks from the back of a giant book after having used Sparcstations. Every single implementation is terrible and breaks in weird ways.

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Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

#18
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's today. I encourage you to actually try it rather than repeat an old trope.

No, it really isn't, and I've been working with Linux on desktops since I installed slackware from floppy disks from the back of a giant book after having used Sparcstations. Every single implementation is terrible and breaks in weird ways.

I'm running Linux for decades now without problems. Gaming was Windows' last bastion, but SteamOS is looking more and more attractive. So maybe I can get rid of that crapware personally.

Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional

#19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, it really isn't, and I've been working with Linux on desktops since I installed slackware from floppy disks from the back of a giant book after having used Sparcstations. Every single implementation is terrible and breaks in weird ways.

n=1 but my mother-in-law has been rocking Mint since late 2019. It does everything she needs and hasn't had a single question about it since 2020. I apply updates when I visit her house every few months. Don't recall any issues with that, either.

Not everyone has a son-in-law tech admin.
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