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Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash

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Re: Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash

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> Microsoft developed the Recall feature under its new Secure Future Initiative (SFI) that the company has put in place to overhaul its software security after major Azure cloud attacks.

The irony here is thick enough to cut with a knife.

But good on Microsoft for changing their minds and deciding to make this opt-in. That's progress for sure.

Re: Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash

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Will have to wait and see if the extra security measures actually improve anything or not.

However regarding it being opt out… what would prevent a virus from just enabling it on a bunch of machines silently. Sure it would be caught but the damage done and most won’t be bothered to go in and disable it after.

Or Microsoft just decides they need to really market the hell out of AI and it gets turned on my default anyways.

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