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Okay. Let's talk specifics. I log in to an end-to-end encrypted chat with a family member. We talk about life and the subject drifts to plane tickets we alread
by ImAnAmateur 2y ago
Okay. Let's talk specifics.
I log in to an end-to-end encrypted chat with a family member. We talk about life and the subject drifts to plane tickets we already bought for next month and how the neighbor across the street isn't going to be home until the end of this month.
The thief who stole my laptop now has also stolen a recorded conversation along with my passwords. Now they know when two houses will be empty. This would not have happened without pictures of my screen being taken frequently.
- brookst 2y agoSo this thief has access to your filesystem, therefore your machine's passsword? You can't just pull out the hard drive and put it in another system, at least not with even just decent practices. But the thief will also have your browser history, any saved passwords, and so on?
- shuntress 2y agoObviously Microsoft isn't going to sell their profile of you to petty thieves. But they probably will sell it to at-scale-grifters looking for marks or fascists looking for dissidents.
- wilsonnb3 2y agoThanks for coming up with a specific scenario for me. I do agree that the outcomes in this case might be worse than an alternate universe without the recall feature. That said, if someone steals my laptop and can log in, I am already pretty fucked. There are so many other ways they could get this or other information, from email, calendars, etc.