Microsoft makes Recall feature off-by-default after security and privacy backlash

Microsoft makes Recall feature off-by-default after security and privacy backlash

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-makes-recall-feature-off-by-default-after-security-and-privacy-backlash/

Microsoft's upcoming Recall feature in Windows 11 has generated a wave of controversy this week following early testing that revealed huge security holes. The initial version of Recall saves screenshots and a large plaintext database tracking everything that users do on their PCs, and in the current version of the feature, it's trivially easy to steal and view that database and all of those screenshots for any user on a given PC, even if you don't have administrator access. Recall also does little to nothing to redact sensitive information from its screenshots or that database.

Microsoft makes Recall feature off-by-default after security and privacy backlash

Fri Jun 7, 5:33pm UTC
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-makes-recall-feature-off-by-default-after-security-and-privacy-backlash/ > Microsoft's upcoming Recall feature in Windows 11 has generated a wave of controversy this week following early testing that revealed huge security holes. The initial version of Recall saves screenshots and a large plaintext database tracking everything that users do on their PCs, and in the current version of the feature, it's trivially easy to steal and view that database and all of those screenshots for any user on a given PC, even if you don't have administrator access. Recall also does little to nothing to redact sensitive information from its screenshots or that database.