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I came here to post "Am I the only person who thinks this is a good idea?" I guess you do too. I like the idea that I can go back and see what was on my screen

I came here to post "Am I the only person who thinks this is a good idea?" I guess you do too. I like the idea that I can go back and see what was on my screen at some point in the past. I think with the focus on passkeys, we can worry less about snapshotting passwords. IMO, maybe they need a way for documents (that have passwords) and windows (for password managers) to flag that they should not be snapshotted.

JonChesterfield 2y ago
How much do you like the idea of Microsoft having a copy of everything you ever display on your screen, in perpetuity, for their gain as they see fit? Does your stance change if you consider the probability of that data remaining secure on their cloud approaching zero over time?
- gwbas1c 2y ago
  They don't. It's stored on your computer. Go read the article. (It's not like MS downloads everything on your hard drive.)
  - JonChesterfield 2y ago
    Yeah, and I've got a bridge to sell you.
    - gwbas1c 2y ago
      Do you have any evidence of Microsoft doing similar spying tactics? If you don't trust your computer's supply chain, (hardware, software, internet, services,) you shouldn't use it. I don't trust Microsoft any more or less than any other vendor, and that includes open-source. With automatic updates, anyone (hardware vendor through drivers, software vendor) can backdoor you and grab all that information. We're even finding backdoors in (gasp) open-source software now.
      - JonChesterfield 2y ago
        I don't trust Microsoft and I don't use their software. When they say this data will be secure, they mean they're going to stream it to their servers and look after it with the industry standard security of "whoops, we left the door unlocked again".
        gwbas1c 2y ago
        You are arguing with fact. Nothing in the article states that Microsoft will upload screenshots to their servers. Microsoft does not have a history of uploading users' private data to their servers, without users consent a knowledge. (IE, OneDrive)
- hulitu 2y ago
  The main issue is not that "Microsoft having a copy of everything you ever display on your screen", the main issue is that they will sell it to other companies and government agencies.
skydhash 2y ago
> I like the idea that I can go back and see what was on my screen at some point in the past. Never once I thought "Wouldn't it be nice to rewatch what I've done on a particular date and time?" But I certainly have wanted a particular command I entered in a shell (solved by shell history), a version of a file (git, backups,...) a site I've browsed (bookmarks, history,...). This is a non-solution for a problem that doesn't even exist. It's like asking for a camera to be pointed at you 24/7 in case you forgot where you put your keys.
- gwbas1c 2y ago
  Have you ever scrolled back in your shell window or looked at your browser history? Heck, every once in awhile I dig into Google Maps to see where I was on a certain day. (You do know that Android phones track where you've been and you can look it up, right?)
benhurmarcel 2y ago
It is an existing product also: https://www.rewind.ai/ https://www.rewind.ai/

JonChesterfield 2y ago

How much do you like the idea of Microsoft having a copy of everything you ever display on your screen, in perpetuity, for their gain as they see fit? Does your stance change if you consider the probability of that data remaining secure on their cloud approaching zero over time?

gwbas1c 2y ago
They don't. It's stored on your computer. Go read the article. (It's not like MS downloads everything on your hard drive.)
- JonChesterfield 2y ago
  Yeah, and I've got a bridge to sell you.
  - gwbas1c 2y ago
    Do you have any evidence of Microsoft doing similar spying tactics? If you don't trust your computer's supply chain, (hardware, software, internet, services,) you shouldn't use it. I don't trust Microsoft any more or less than any other vendor, and that includes open-source. With automatic updates, anyone (hardware vendor through drivers, software vendor) can backdoor you and grab all that information. We're even finding backdoors in (gasp) open-source software now.
    - JonChesterfield 2y ago
      I don't trust Microsoft and I don't use their software. When they say this data will be secure, they mean they're going to stream it to their servers and look after it with the industry standard security of "whoops, we left the door unlocked again".
      - gwbas1c 2y ago
        You are arguing with fact. Nothing in the article states that Microsoft will upload screenshots to their servers. Microsoft does not have a history of uploading users' private data to their servers, without users consent a knowledge. (IE, OneDrive)
hulitu 2y ago
The main issue is not that "Microsoft having a copy of everything you ever display on your screen", the main issue is that they will sell it to other companies and government agencies.

skydhash 2y ago

> I like the idea that I can go back and see what was on my screen at some point in the past. Never once I thought "Wouldn't it be nice to rewatch what I've done on a particular date and time?" But I certainly have wanted a particular command I entered in a shell (solved by shell history), a version of a file (git, backups,...) a site I've browsed (bookmarks, history,...). This is a non-solution for a problem that doesn't even exist. It's like asking for a camera to be pointed at you 24/7 in case you forgot where you put your keys.

gwbas1c 2y ago
Have you ever scrolled back in your shell window or looked at your browser history? Heck, every once in awhile I dig into Google Maps to see where I was on a certain day. (You do know that Android phones track where you've been and you can look it up, right?)

benhurmarcel 2y ago

It is an existing product also: https://www.rewind.ai/ https://www.rewind.ai/