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A couple of notes here. Overall I agree with the point being made but there are a few misunderstandings in this post. > Microsoft don't want to be entirely dep
by ivraatiems 2y ago
A couple of notes here. Overall I agree with the point being made but there are a few misunderstandings in this post.
> Microsoft don't want to be entirely dependent on Intel, especially as Intel's share of the global microprocessor market is rapidly shrinking,
He says Intel, but means amd64 architecture - Intel isn't the only or even the dominant consumer computer processor manufacturer these days, especially for desktops/laptops.
> Recall takes snapshots of all the windows on a Windows computer's screen (except the DRM'd media, because the MPAA must have their kilo of flesh) and saves them locally.
I wonder if I could cause Recall not to work by just playing some DRM'd content half-transparent over whatever I was doing...
> Now, "unencrypted" is relative; the database is stored on a filesystem which should be encrypted using Microsoft's BitLocker.
If you have that enabled, which most people don't.
> Worse: even if you don't use Recall, if you send an email or instant message to someone else who does then it will be OCRd and indexed via Recall: and preserved for posterity.
I don't see this as a problem; there's nothing stopping anybody you send anything to from taking a copy of it. You can't take emails or IMs back. It's just dumb.
> Suddenly every PC becomes a target for Discovery during legal proceedings.
This was already true and common.
> Some commentators are snarking that Microsoft really really wants to make 2025 the year of Linux on the Desktop, and it's kind of hard to refute them right now.
Or, people will just keep using Windows 10, which is what >70% of the market is already doing.
- BadBadJellyBean 2y agoBitlocker is enabled by default on windows 11. It's one reason for the tpm requirement.
- LoganDark 2y agoBasically everything is "one reason" for the TPM requirement. The real main reason is that they want all Windows 11 machines to have a chain of trust. With TPM 2.0 in the minimum requirements, this is something they can now actually count on. That means not only can they enable every preexisting security feature that relies on the TPM, they can also ship things that have a hard dependency on it, without making users worry about whether their computer supports it.
- LoganDark 2y ago> I wonder if I could cause Recall not to work by just playing some DRM'd content half-transparent over whatever I was doing... Protected content works at the compositor level, so all that'd happen is that your screenshots would have a half-transparent black window over them.
- bentcorner 2y ago> I wonder if I could cause Recall not to work by just playing some DRM'd content half-transparent over whatever I was doing... At that point why not just disable Recall? There will be undoubtedly be a setting or at the very minimum a group policy option to disable the feature.
- ivraatiems 2y agoSuppose your employer or network admin requires you to have it on.
- bentcorner 2y agoIf that's the case it's not your PC anyways, so there's nothing for you to personally gain by obfuscating any information it gathers.
- chucke1992 2y ago> I wonder if I could cause Recall not to work by just playing some DRM'd content half-transparent over whatever I was doing. The hilarious part is that the feature - OpenRecall is already there so the feature is not going anywhere. > This was already true and common. Exactly plus removal of emails and history is something that courts are frown upon these days.
- Shared404 2y ago> I don't see this as a problem; there's nothing stopping anybody you send anything to from taking a copy of it. You can't take emails or IMs back. It's just dumb. I may trust someone personally, but not trust their ability to administer a system. This requires me to do both if I am sending information to somebody.
- digging 2y agoSame reason I don't give out my real phone number unless I know how someone handles their phone. Doesn't take any malicious intent to grant Contacts access to all kinds of malicious apps. Other peoples' computers have to be assumed hostile.
- digging 2y ago> Or, people will just keep using Windows 10, which is what >70% of the market is already doing. Support ends in late 2025 though. They've been trying to push the upgrade aggressively lately which is what got me to switch over my last machine early, so now I am happily Windows-free. And honestly, Mint is not much more complicated than Windows, while being immeasurably safer to use, it's just that Microsoft has inertia and a propaganda budget.