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Redmond hopes you’ve forgotten or got over why everyone hated it the first time After temporarily shelving its controversial Windows Recall feature amid a wave of backlash, Microsoft is back at it - now quietly slipping the screenshotting app into the Windows 11 Release Preview channel for Copilot+ PCs, signaling its near-readiness for general availability.…

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[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This blatant idiocy was a big factor pushing me to switch to Linux. I never looked back.

[–] astrsk@fedia.io 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, if you message anyone using windows, your message content can now be swept up on their machine even if you use a secure message system, provided that secure system ends up displaying in plain text for the end user.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 days ago

Oh, I'm sure law enforcement will put this system to good use. If you keep using Windows with this, you have to assume that any interaction with your PC will end up as evidence against you in court.

Play Disney IP on your computer at all times and let Disney lawyers handle the rest.