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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 ngneer »

cybrox wrote: post #15
wongarsu wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People will opt-in to it during setup the same way people opt-in to logging in via a Microsoft account instead of a local account.

Local accounts are almost impossible to set up for the normal user in win11

Normal user, agreed. You can find tutorials online, though, for those of us who still remember that the PC was something the user used to own.

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

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Post by ceejayoz »

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"?

Twitter used to do this all the time; they'd make the notification email options more granular and opt you in to the three new options that used to make up the one option you already unchecked.

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

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Post by satvikpendem »

iaabtpbtpnn wrote: post #34
webwielder2 wrote: post #30

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But Satya got the stock price so high!

My 401k is doing great!

The reality is that most people who aren't tech people don't care about the changes Microsoft has done, and shareholders especially don't care. Clearly what Satya is doing is working.

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

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Post by lawlessone »

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…

Any Recs? i've just gotten a Kubuntu image. I am thinking if i dual boot that and SteamOS i should have everything i want covered.
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