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."
@CaptainJanegay@signalapp
There's already MS support pages on how to prevent recall from sucking up data on SPECIFIC websites, and it honestly sounds like a massive PITA.
Almost by design to make it singularly and manually annoying enough that we know folks won't take a lot of time opting out of specific services.
@AskPippa a little more complicated than that, but I'm sure there will be ways to "dump" that info.
It screenshots, scans the shot, and then drops that info into a database in your app data folder. Not super secure, but most folks wont know where it is.
Yup. Agreeing with you. I'm just trying to keep that idea in every reply I get.
There's a certain human selfishness I think needs to be tapped.
People casually considering this won't really care about THEIR actions inconveniencing others, but OTHER people inconveniencing them is a bridge too far.
I dont want that idea lost in any part of this conversation.
@marinheiro
Yup.
But instead of walking back that data access, we're expanding it beyond the scope of email, to the OS level, and where every byte of data that shows up on screen is stored.
@MisuseCase@foolishowl@mountdiscovery
It really feels like a panic response to investor trends in AI. Something they're pushing to make their stock price nudge up, and to fight the recent Apple/Meta/Google AI initiatives, rather than an actual practical, well honed consumer facing product.
It's not yet a part of 24H2, so I feel they're announcing now and they'll be "fixing it" before it delivers at scale.