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Despite promising to filter personal data out, Recall still captures it.

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[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 111 points 6 days ago

Man the first hackers to get their hands on that data are gonna get rich. Blackmail material, personal details, banking information, passwords, everything you could want.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 52 points 6 days ago

Microsoft really cares about security

As long as it doesn't get in the way of money

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 14 points 6 days ago

Our financial security!

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's like those sextortion scam emails that say "we took pictures of you masturbating" except this time they'll really extract some poor guy's porn habits from their Recall database lmao

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 13 points 4 days ago

What a surprise, the spy software is spying on you.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 62 points 6 days ago

Every year I'm happier and happier that I touch MS products only when paid to do so.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 days ago

problems with their shit has been paying the bills here for over twenty-five years now.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 days ago

How happy are you to know your personal data is still going to be leaked because 90% of the services handling it are using MS Backdoor OS? If it's not going to be your bank it will be your work, if not your work, then it will be your government, and there will be no consequences because "nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft®"™.

[-] nul9o9@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I only need access to a terminal for my job, i would be so happy if i could run linux on my work laptop.

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago

Same my only experience with windows (and w11) is at work (exception being my vr flight sim pc).

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[-] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 days ago

We all saw that coming.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

If I want to save something I'll back it up myself. My attitude toward an OS remembering what I do: "We don't know each other and I was never here."

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 43 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This this more of a byproduct of the design than anything.

Its almost like this was a bad idea to begin with.

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago
[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Must be working, all I see is ●●●●●●●

[-] don@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago
[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I put on my wizard hat and robe.

[-] frostprophet@infosec.pub 9 points 4 days ago

Although not the exact topic covered in the article, as you wouldn't necessarily be sending sensitive information like that to other people, but it's important to note that this means nothing you've sent before is safe.

It's not enough that from "now on" you don't send anything you wouldn't want Recall to capture, if you've already sent it and someone with Recall captures it then it's compromised. It's not just your own device that you need to worry about, it's also everyone you might contact or have ever contacted.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 6 points 4 days ago
[-] _____@lemm.ee 17 points 5 days ago

steamOS cannot come any sooner for desktop

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

Since the first steam machine in 2008 it's all I've ever wanted....

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago

Im excited to live in that world.

Any game that relies on BS DRM like Denuvo that refuses to work for SteamOS can die in a fire.

Most of the are shitty multiplayer games anyways.

[-] _____@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

next PC upgrade won't feature any Intel or Nvidia, full AMD full glorious Linux under steamOS hopefully

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[-] truxnell@infosec.pub 5 points 5 days ago

I'm using bazzite for now in lieu of that

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There's so many others you can use right now.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago

Most of the distros run steam great out of the box. Our biggest problem is video card updates breaking crap. Linux Tech Tips scared a bunch of people off by not reading a warning message on an update then refusing to seek any help when something broke.

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[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 days ago

Is there a way to turn this off?

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 29 points 6 days ago
DISM /Online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:Recall

Run that from an administrator terminal (right click start menu and select Terminal (Administrator)). You can also do it from Settings > Privacy > Recall.

Those are the Microsoft-approved ways. If you don't trust them, you can also just download a new iso and completely rip it off before install using something like ChrisTitus' microWin.

[-] 7toed@midwest.social 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thanks for making it nice and user friendly... most of my elders go into a kind of fugue state when they see the terminal

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Thanks for mentioning microWin. A tool I didn’t know I needed. I figured none had been made since XP’s Tweaks.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You're welcome. Just keep in mind that removing Recall from the W11 ISO apparently also reverts Explorer to the W10 version.

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 22 points 6 days ago

Microsoft: there won’t be bugs

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 days ago

This isn't a bug. It is by design

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Prompt injection acrobatics via cortana playing sounds from a hacked speaker

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Maybe by "sensitive information" they mean theirs.

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