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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: It Sounded Like a Good Idea...
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:40:10 -0000 (UTC)
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DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote at 02:29 this Sunday (GMT):
> On 6/8/2024 1:14 PM, Tyrone wrote:
>> On Jun 8, 2024 at 12:51:45 PM EDT, "DFS" <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 6/7/2024 11:49 PM, rbowman wrote:
>>>> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-makes-recall-feature-
>>>> off-by-default-after-security-and-privacy-backlash/
>>>>
>>>> "Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security
>>>> problems"
>>>>
>>>> It's mot like you need to be a cybersecurity expert to see a problem or
>>>> two.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm kind of shocked MS is actually moving forward and releasing such an
>>> app.
>>>
>>> What's it for?  Law enforcement?  Employee monitoring?
>> 
>> If it was a separate app that people had to pay for, download and install I
>> would be fine with it. Embedding it into Windows is an incredibly stupid idea.
>> This is already a PR disaster and it is only going to get worse.
>> 
>> What the fuck were they thinking?
>
>
> I agree.  To me it's a deranged idea: storing thousands and thousands of 
> screenshots that are near impossible to do meaningful searches against. 
> I don't know what all info it captures, but for the individual user it 
> would be more useful if each screen capture also stored some metadata, 
> such as which apps were running, how long they were running, file names 
> loaded, which app had focus, etc.  Even then, it's mostly just "nice to 
> know" data.
>
> But combine it with a keylogger and an employer has total insight into 
> everything an employee does.  Maybe that's their target audience.
>
> Or MS has some plan to use the screenshots with OCR software to do 
> something pointless.
>
> If they make it uninstallable, people are gonna be pissed.


Wouldn't put it past 'em. Didn't they try to make edge uninstallable and
force it on everyone?
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