Windows beta users are stillwaiting to get their hands on the featurein October.
With Recall on, users can pause saving screenshots with an icon in the system tray.
Recall is further limited by content filtering.
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The system looks for keywords in the screengrabs and then deletes them, but it still might miss something.
you’re free to also list specific apps and websites to block from screengrabs.
Non-Chrome Chromium-based browsers will block private browsing, but they dont allow you to block specific websites.
This is the screen you’ll see when first booting up your Copilot+ Windows 11 PC, allowing you to turn off Recall. © Screenshot: Microsoft
There are two aspects of what data Recall collects.
The semantic index is how users can search through the screenshots with a simple text prompt.
The initial controversy with Recall was centered on how this data was originally stored on users PC.
Its essentially a segment of the PCs memory thats cryptographically sealed.
The Microsoft VP described it as a locked box where the only key is through Windows Hello sign-in.
Not even kernel or administrator users can access those files.
According to Weston, you will need biometrics to access Recall for the first time.
Your login times out after a certain period of use.
Windows Hello promises your biometric data is stored locally on the equipment.
Recallwill only work on any PC thats Copilot+ certified.
Either it will arrive before Christmas, or well have to wait until 2025.
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