Microsoft is making changes to its Recall feature on Copilot+ PCs in an attempt to resolve privacy concerns. The tool will be opt-in, so it won’t screenshot your activity without permission.
This solves only the most recent of privacy concerns that were only discovered with it recently. The primary concern is the core 'feature' itself: Windows recording everything you do and look at.
People work with your personal data on a regular basis, you better hope not a single one of them have this 'feature' enabled.
If you don't turn it on it doesn't record anything.
People work with your personal data on a regular basis, you better hope not a single one of them have this 'feature' enabled.
Those sorts of businesses have policies on their computers, should be possible to disable it company-wide. If they're not doing that then they have bigger problems than just Recall.
It’s not companies that are the problem. It’s your friends, the type that always clicks on accept all and allow. Do you have any idea how many spam calls I get because someone allowed some proprietary app access to their contacts? And I have at least five friends who would enable recall without giving it a second thought.
Making it opt-in is a much better way to offer this ridiculous "feature". But I wager there will be future shenanigans. MS is very sneaky and passive-aggressive about pushing sketchy unwanted shit on its customers.
Even if the controls were big and obvious, I wouldn't trust them. Microsoft's knowingly using dark patterns. It'll eventually justify using it to spy on those who didn't quite consent.