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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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Post by morder »

Analemma_ wrote: post #102
Tool_of_Society wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Browser history doesn't show my passwords, everything I typed out and did on the machine. In comparison browser history is nothing.

You’re missing the point. An attacker can only see the passwords in your Recall database if they have root, but if they have root there are (and always have been) a thousand other ways they can get your passwords. There is no new attack vector being introduced by Recall.

One difference is that you can get root access after the fact and get however much prior data Recall recorded vs only going forward.

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

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Post by gigel82 »

Good progress, but to take it just over the trust threshold for me, I'd like it to be a component that you can add/remove (like Hyper-V or IIS); removing literally uninstalls the associated services, applications, DLL registrations, scheduled tasks, etc.

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Post by LordKeren »

SavageBeast wrote: post #126

In all the MS Recall drama, I've yet to hear or read one single person utter something to the effect of "Wow - great!!! - I've been waiting for something like this for years! This will solve at least one of the major issues I face regularly!". In fact, it seems to me the only people that really want this feature are the ones trying to push it down everyones collective throat. Why is MS pushing something so hard when…

Rewind.ai is the Mac version of this and many is the same talking points apply. However, it’s a third party tool, and as such isn’t enabled by default.

I think most, if not all, of the overwhelmingly negative feedback is tied to this being enabled by default, and shipped by default

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Post by WorkerBee28474 »

SavageBeast wrote: post #126

In all the MS Recall drama, I've yet to hear or read one single person utter something to the effect of "Wow - great!!! - I've been waiting for something like this for years! This will solve at least one of the major issues I face regularly!". In fact, it seems to me the only people that really want this feature are the ones trying to push it down everyones collective throat. Why is MS pushing something so hard when…

I use the search inside Windows all the time. To me, this seems like a 2% improved version of that. Probably useful, mostly mundane, something I would use but not get excited about.

I assume they would push it for the same reason they would push any other mildly-useful feature improvement.

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Post by rchaud »

SavageBeast wrote: post #126

In all the MS Recall drama, I've yet to hear or read one single person utter something to the effect of "Wow - great!!! - I've been waiting for something like this for years! This will solve at least one of the major issues I face regularly!". In fact, it seems to me the only people that really want this feature are the ones trying to push it down everyones collective throat. Why is MS pushing something so hard when…

I've heard Microsoft wants to do away with on-device Windows entirely for consumer devices, and go with a "dumb client" form factor that is always connected to a remote Windows server.

I'm not sure who at the org is pushing for this as it would essentially hand the PC games market to SteamOS. I suppose they saw how well it's worked for enterprise customers that essentially already use a Windows VM through Citrix or some other provider, and think this would solve the virus/malware problem once and for all.

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Post by workfromspace »

It's sad that Microsoft (or any big company) wouldn't take a step back from such privacy intrusive or anti-user behavior unless there's a public backlash.

Can't we just have a peaceful life without wasting time on constantly following and analyzing every single move from these companies?

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

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Post by chinathrow »

workfromspace wrote: post #138

It's sad that Microsoft (or any big company) wouldn't take a step back from such privacy intrusive or anti-user behavior unless there's a public backlash. Can't we just have a peaceful life without wasting time on constantly following and analyzing every single move from these companies?

Have you not seen Windows 11 lately?

I have, and I am still happy to be on Linux as my daily driver for over 20 years now.

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