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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 nerdjon »

g15jv2dp wrote: post #25
nerdjon wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is pretty easy now if you use Rufus to create your installation usb. It will prompt you (and select by default) to disable the need for an online account. I installed the Pro version and then just said I was setting it up for work or school, chose domain and then I set it up just fine as a local account. I don't know for sure how much of this is rufas or the pro version. But I just installed Windows 11 within the…

> normal user > use Rufus to create your installation usb Pick one. "Normal" users don't use specialized software to create installation media. They boot the laptop with the OS already installed and go on from there.

I mostly agree, but installing Windows is not as daunting of a task as it used to be.

It is also not uncommon for 'normal' gamers to use a custom built PC which would require installing Windows.

Maybe normal is the wrong word, but it would be a pretty quick and easy to understand guide to do this.

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

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Post by rolph »

without seeing an actual data file created by recall, i would expect it to quickly become large.

if so, i would not keep it on a system drive, when you can store it externally, to be plugged in when the owner feels they actually need recall data, and left physically out of band when its wise to do so

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

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Post by wkat4242 »

deafpolygon wrote: post #23

What exactly is a good usecase for Copilot Pro (I'm assuming Recall will be powered by that in some form)? I'm on the free trial and I'm not finding it to be any more useful than the free version, and pretty similar to ChatGPT. It can't really do anything. Can someone smarter than I chime in on this?

It'll be the other way around I expect. Recall will provide more context to CoPilot.

It's not really about looking back at your own activity in case you forgot. But the AI will use it to learn about your habits, wants and hates, interests, people you deal with, usual schedule etc.

An assistant is after all much more effective if it knows you through and through. The one problem is: I don't want Microsoft to be that assistant and know all that about me. Even if "it's all local". They still control what gets done with that info and can change it at any time.

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

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Post by terrut »

I've been a Windows user since 3.1, but this was the straw for me. They have always provided an OS that just worked for my home needs, even with the creeping privacy invasions in the last update.

I've been dual booting for a while and last weekend I went full Linux at home. My day job revolves around being truly good at solving Windows issues, and I will happily continue doing that, but at home I'm still just liking for something that "just works" I hope I'm part of a trend, and that 2024 is the year of the....

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

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Post by [deleted] »

terrut wrote: post #35

I've been a Windows user since 3.1, but this was the straw for me. They have always provided an OS that just worked for my home needs, even with the creeping privacy invasions in the last update. I've been dual booting for a while and last weekend I went full Linux at home. My day job revolves around being truly good at solving Windows issues, and I will happily continue doing that, but at home I'm still just liking…

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

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Post by 7thaccount »

lordofgibbons wrote: post #21

Doesn't Microsoft have a long history (and present) where they just enable privacy invasive "features" after a windows update even though the user has disabled or removed the "feature"?

Yeah. You tell everyone you learned your lesson and then just go back and do it anyway a year later.

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

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Post by Citizen_Lame »

nerdjon wrote: post #12
aeurielesn wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doubting they'll even disable it at all.

It’s one thing to be critical of the feature. But this is a pretty cut and dry announcement. There isn’t any ambiguity they could stand behind if they are lying. I would fully expect it will be disabled by default (for now)

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