majorlinux, Well, that's a step in the right direction!
Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173499/microsoft-windows-recall-response-security-concerns
publicvoit, So, #Windows will not come with #Recall #spyware activated, just Recall spyware pre-installed.
What a relief. Not. 🙄
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173499/microsoft-windows-recall-response-security-concerns
If I'd own a company which is still using #Microsoft, I'd have a migration path to #Linux worked out meanwhile.
underdarkGIS, Note to self: Between #QGIS versions 3.34.5 and 3.34.6, the packaging for the #Windows version of QGIS changed from #Python 3.9 to Python 3.12.
Will have to test if/how #Trajectools is affected
vpicavet, @underdarkGIS @oslandia Yes, and that should definitely not have happened ! Changing a major version of critical Python dependency in a minor QGIS release, without any warning, is totally nuts. There should have been a QEP for that, and at least clear communication to plugin developers.
underdarkGIS, @vpicavet yes, bit strange, but I might have missed messages. There's still this open issue, for example, https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/54491
stefan, "Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 in October 2025, but the company is now taking the unusual step of reopening its beta program for Windows 10 to test new features and improvements."
Are they just going to start cramming more AI into it to see if they can force people to upgrade?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/5/24171895/microsoft-windows-10-beta-testing-new-features
#miscrosoft #windows #windows10 #windows11 #enshittification #PlatformDecay #ai #news #TechNews
eugenialoli, The mass exodus from #Windows to #Linux (and #Mac) due to #Windows11 and #AI continues. More and more articles, more and more youtube videos about it, or posts on forums. People are switching. If it continues like that, Linux should have 10% desktop marketshare by the end of the decade (and yes, that's a lot).
eugenialoli, @timonsku There's the actual statcounter source, however what I'm reporting here is an obvious trend that is visible if you search a bit on youtube, reddit, on various forums. The amounts of users switching has increased, and it has kind of taken a world of its own since last week, after MS' AI announcement.
alper, @eugenialoli Thank the AI boosters and ask them to boost more. #copilot #openai
SomeGadgetGuy, It just clicked in my brain. What I haven't been able to articulate about why I'm so anxious about #Windows Recall. I'm sure others have already gotten to where I am.
It's worse than "a system that tracks everything you do" and stores that info in a basic database that could be easily compromised.
It's worse than a nanny surveillance tool for companies to spy on their employees.It's inescapable.
It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.
It won't matter if you're a master #security expert specialist. You can't account for EVERY other computer you've ever interacted with. If a family member looks up an old email with your personal data in it, your data is now at risk.
If THEIR system is compromised YOUR data is at risk.
I just went from "vague feeling of unease" to "actively writing templates to canvas elected officials, regulators, and attorneys general."
CliftonR, German It's already been demonstrated that it's vulnerable. Read Kevin Beaumont's articles on it.
Microsoft is relying on people not having the knowledge or background to verify what it's telling the public.
wizzwizz4, @droidboy @helgztech @SomeGadgetGuy Off-the-shelf infostealing malware that is known to Windows Defender can exfiltrate the Recall database. (source: https://doublepulsar.com/recall-stealing-everything-youve-ever-typed-or-viewed-on-your-own-windows-pc-is-now-possible-da3e12e9465e via https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/06/03/privacy-of-windows-copilot-recall/)
Theeo123, https://www.wired.com/story/total-recall-windows-recall-ai/
Well, that didn't take long...
There is now an automated tool for hackers to extract all data collected by windows recall.
#windows #recall #WindowsRecall #Microsoft #security #SecurityNightmare
reay, @FirewallDragons @Theeo123 To be fair, it was a bit of a layup, no?
My cursory understanding of Recall is that it’ll screenshot passwords and banking info along with everything else. 🤷♂️
Theeo123, as mentioned earlier, all stored in plain-text....
So not a super-feat of programming by any stretch but still laughably bad.
irfan, #Windows' upcoming #Recall feature is enabled by default btw in the OOBE setup and CANNOT be disabled directly - you will need to disable it in the Settings app instead, afterwards.
I don't know if you'd trust #Microsoft to actually respect that setting either, wouldn't be the first and only setting on Windows that doesn't actually do anything you'd want it to (or not to) do.
OH and also - Microsoft stores all the Recall data in an #SQLite database in plaintext, so you KNOW it's secure and definitely not easy to steal away from you by anyone that gains physical or remote access to your device <3
rakyat, @irfan Seems like there’s some noise around Windows Recall being a security disaster, so I’d expect them to recall it for the time being?
JetlagJen, First time using freshly installed #Windows, installing a few bits like an OK browser and some games. Password typed at least 20 times. Three reboots. Settings accessed four times. Seven meaningless notifications dismissed (plus more in launchers like Epic and Steam). The only thing installed via the Microsoft Store throws a system error instead of loading, and there's no "uninstall" button in the store.
But do please tell me more about how difficult #Linux is.
ai6yr, The Verge: Windows AI feature that screenshots everything labeled a security ‘disaster’ https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170305/microsoft-windows-recall-ai-screenshots-security-privacy-issues #windows #ai #cybersecurity
mappingsupport, @ai6yr Grateful that my windows 10 PC is not able to be upgraded to windows 11. Apparently it lacks some motherboard feature that windows 11 requires.
alex, French
SusiS, If nothing else helps.
#silentsunday #silenceonsunday #windows #brick #brickwall #brickedup #bnw #bnwphotography
1Sauerlaender, Stained glass window depicting Christ in the Romanesque St. Kunibert Basilica in Cologne.
(September 2021)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Fenster, #windows, #Kirchenfenster, #Buntglasfenster, #Kunst, #art, #sakrale_Kunst, #Kirchen, #churches, #Sankt_Kunibert, #Köln
drahardja, So it seems that what #Windows #MicrosoftRecall does is take screenshots, sorts windows by application, then runs each window through an image-to-text model and logs its contents, capturing text, web domain information, and the topic of the content. This information is then logged in a searchable local database.
This has to be combined with some way to get back to the content, right? So if I searched for a topic in the future, Windows has to be able to restore the app and the document that you were viewing. So there has to be some URL or file path associated with each window content.
I know people are freaked out about this feature, but I think it’s basically Spotlight on steroids. I’m actually not that freaked out about it if it’s local-only, and I think this can actually be useful for someone with #ADHD like me who loses content all the time.
The real questions: what privacy-protection mechanisms are present, who gets to access to this data, how easily it can be exfiltrated?
jnk, @drahardja considering that microsoft already logged user data before the AI fever to target ads and the fact that almost any program you execute can easily get more privileges than the actual user... This will either end up with microsoft stealing data, hundreds of different exploits from third parties to steal data (both hackers and companies), or both.
Even if you somehow can trust Microsoft after all the anticompetitive and user-invasive bs they pulled already, why would you essentially screen-record 24/7 and have an AI to parse that?
Hard pass, and that's coming from someone who is actually planing to make their own "AI summarize every conversation i have irl". The idea is awesome in paper and i could really use an artificial brain, but never on a device connected to the internet and much less in my main machine. This should be a physically separated device with no internet at all, then i would trust.
Also fuck Microsoft and windows, but that's personal opinion.
drahardja, @jnk I respect your position. Yes, I think this all hinges on whether you trust Microsoft/Windows or not.
SuitedUpDev,
hvangalen, @SuitedUpDev What the huh?! Haha what a mess. That's why proprietary formats should be banned.
SuitedUpDev, @hvangalen A little bit of an investigation reveals that pre-standardization,
Microsoft did a proposal for supporting Emoji's in fonts. Their standard only works for Windows 7, 8 and 10 (pre-2016 anniversary update).After the 2016 anniversary update, they started to supported the OpenType-SVG font files.
Fun fact, there is a MR available for WINE, related to NotoColorEmoji.ttf font 😂
bagder, (edited ) #Windows users running stupid scanners now contact us for support regarding CVE-2023-46218 which the scanners say affects #curl 8.4.0 shipped by Microsoft.
It would, if their version was built to use #iibpsl, a prereq for this CVE, which #Microsoft does not.
Security scanners. A snake oil business.
eugenialoli, In a new podcast, Linus(Tech) said that with the upcoming #Windows #AI bruhaha, a lot of users are going to move to #Chromebooks. But just today #Google announced that AI is coming on their #Chromebook line too. Maybe just a chatbot for now, but eventually, it'll be more integrated. The only option (for those who can't stand #Apple), is #Linux, on their existing, older PC. That's why distros running in low RAM are important.
#opensource #foss #copilot #artificialintelligence #security #privacy
kurtsh, Windows 11's upcoming "Recall" feature has a policy setting that empowers IT depts to disable the feature across devices. If disabled:
✅ Any existing Recall snapshots are deleted
✅ Users are prevented from manually enabling the Recall featureConfigure Policies for Recall
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/manage-recall#configure-policies-for-recallControl over your Recall Experience
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-and-control-over-your-recall-experience-d404f672-7647-41e5-886c-a3c59680af15
deadtom, Every time I install Windows 11 at work, I feel like I've sold off a little more of my soul.
This operating system is one of the biggest privacy disasters to ever be forced upon the world of personal computing.
Seriously, I know it's intimidating, I know computers are complicated, but you need to ditch Microsoft, and Google. They are not your friends. They are using and exploiting our entire population.
It's time to move away from them.
jackhusky, German Es gibt schon sehr interessante Seiten im Internet.
Ich seid im Büro und braucht eine extra Pause? Kein Problem, ein Fake-Update hilft euch dabei 😂
intransitivelie, Ok, this is an extremely niche question, but I'm trying to work with a list of files in a Windows batch script, and one of the files contains two single quotes in the name, so the batch script is interpreting that as a command. Does anyone know of any way I can escape those single quotes programmatically? I can't simply add slashes to them because I don't have access to the filename. Should I pipe them to a text file and then munge the text file? I'm happy to give more information if necessary; this isn't a secret or anything. #Windows #BatchFile #programming #FediHelp #BoostsWelcome
P.S. If your suggestion is not to use a batch script to do this, believe me, I've considered it, but at the moment batch is what I've got. I'm not going to install an entirely new shell to do this fairly simple task and I don't like PowerShell enough to go to the trouble of scripting in that. If I were to write a non-shell program, I would probably write it in Python as that seems like the most reasonable option, but I remain convinced that there's a way to do this in a batch script.
oblomov, @intransitivelie does wearing the filename in double quotes on use work? It's been a while since a I've done DOS/Windows batch, but something like "%var%" instead of %var% when using the loop variable?
CartyBoston, "#Windows is like an evil poison and it's getting worse."
Me: How about you stop using it?
"OMG Carty, you so privileged and naive."
st3fan, Windows 11 Pro is $259 CAD. I know I know it is still cheaper than a set of wheels for a Mac Pro but for personal use that is still a LOT of money.
How does an independent nerd like myself, not a pro business enterprise user, get a Windows 11 Pro license for say .. under $50? Is that possible?
The only thing I found is kinguin.net .. but can I trust that? It looks ... sketchy …
amunizp, Hi all, I saved this drum kit from the skip but while the USB is detected by both Ubuntu and windows 11 I am a a loss as to how to get sound out of it. It seems that I need to match it to a DAW but i can't seem to get #audacity or #ardour to detect it as an audio import source.
#Windows does say it is a game #controller PDX DX-100
PACIFIC DIGITAL DRUMXTREME USER MANUAL Pdf Download
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/116682/Pacific-Digital-Drumxtreme.html
For: Drumxtreme dx-100.
jon, ICQ is closing down. It was really at its height in 2000 and that is when we integrated ICQ into Opera. We made a small (5k) client and it worked really well.
AOL had purchased ICQ and they were concerned about MSN taking users from them by connecting to their service, so they stopped supporting 3rd party clients. We contacted them, to see if they would make an exception for us, but they did not.
They said that if we removed our 5k client, we could maybe discuss bundling their client, but it was bigger than Opera, so that was not going to happen.
glowingfirefly,
Amitie_1, Russian @jon This was to be expected. First AOL dug a grave for the messenger, and now MailRU and VK have started doing everything to lure and bury ICQ in that grave. ICQ will finally be allowed to die in peace after all the bullying with unnecessary features and silly parodies of Telegram and WhatsApp