Microsoft Says You Don’t Have to Use Recall On Copilot+ If You Don’t Want To

Microsoft finally addressed customers and researchers concerns about its auto-screenshotting,AI-enabled Recall feature.

Then, the PC uses an AI model to scan those screenshots for words and images.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said it was as if your PC had a photographic memory.

The Recall feature takes thousands of screenshots to let you look back through your past PC activity. It’s also been called a ‘privacy nightmare.’Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo

Now, Microsoft is revising its stance.

The setting is turned off by default.

The files are pretty accessible for anybody with even a small amount of hacking experience.

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Microsoft told media outlets a hacker cannot exfiltrate Copilot+ Recall activity remotely.

Very easily, I have it automated.

Now Microsoft claims these screenshots will only be decrypted once users authenticate themselves with Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security.

All these new PCs will ship with that security software installed by default.

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