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Microsoft is gradually rolling out the AI-powered Windows Recall feature to Insiders in the Release Preview channel before making it generally available to all Windows users with Copilot+ PCs.

Recall is an opt-in Windows feature that screenshots active windows every few seconds, analyzes them, and allows Windows 11 users to search text within the snapshots using natural language.

As the Windows Insider Program Team said on Thursday, Recall can be paused whenever needed and will only allow access to the data it captures after authenticating via Windows Hello.

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[-] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago

Is now, always has been, and always will be a bad idea, a security nightmare, and of benefit only to M$ and its so-called "AI" offerings...

Should be permanently disabled on all systems, particularly on corporate systems.

🙄 🤡

[-] singletona@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago

'opt in'

Yeeeaa i don't believe that for one damned minute.

[-] nous@programming.dev 29 points 2 months ago

Of course it is opt in. Why would it not be? Microsoft have opted in automatically on your behalf. Soon you will only be able to opt in, for your convenience, as too many people were accidentally opting out. /s

[-] commander@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

The more users on Linux, the more commercial software will target it. Can already get Davinci Resolve and Autodesk Maya. Drive traffic to see more

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Does it have Linux Recall yet?

[-] bfg9k@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Windows has had that for a decade.

[-] bfg9k@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah I had to google 'system restore point but for Linux' haha

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

Not yet, not enough traffic has been driven. Hang in there.

[-] d3lta19@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 months ago

As much as everyone seems to hate Recall, I really appreciate it. It was the final push I needed to go to Linux full time. Have been on Linux for 6 months now and can't imagine going back to windows.

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It was one of the reasons I switched. That and my favorite mod manager is working on a Linux native version. It's not done yet, but it's good to play other games from time to time.

Valheim is pretty brutal, but also highly moddable.

[-] funkforager@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago

Hey gamers: try bazzite Linux and you won’t ever have to worry about this. Try bringing one old machine over as a test and you’ll see for yourself.

I got it running in an afternoon recently. It reads all your windows docs off an external backup. The desktop version really can be a daily driver. The update script is a single click. Genuinely worth considering if you want at least some of your computer usage to not be recorded 24/7.

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Imagine paying for a surveillance machine that takes pictures and records everything you do ready to regurgitate it to anyone who asks. The fact that anyone sees this as anything other than dystopian is a bridge to far for me.

[-] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not on my shit they're not.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I love how no matter how much the market makes it explicitly clear that an idea is absolutely terrible, Microsoft will just be like, "we're doing it anyway, fuck you." The best argument for Linux is just to gesture vaguely at Windows.

[-] besselj@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Good thing I don't use Windows Hello on my machine.

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago
[-] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

From Windows

[-] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, subject us to your garbage, Microsoft

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