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We've launched a FOSS alternative with OpenRecall https://github.com/openrecall/openrecall https://github.com/openrecall/openrecall to (hopefully) work towards
by kvaneijk 2y ago
We've launched a FOSS alternative with OpenRecall https://github.com/openrecall/openrecall https://github.com/openrecall/openrecall to (hopefully) work towards addressing some of the concerns people have with Windows Recall. We think it could be a useful feature but it must be (1) fully auditable/open source (2) using open source local models (3) focused on privacy/security and (4) hardware/OS independent. We're working out the roadmap currently so any feedback is appreciated.
- CodeCompost 2y agoWhy would I want this?
- tvt_123 2y agoUsefulness of Recall aside, If I wanted to try this out I would definately opt for an OS free alternative.
- fossr 2y agoSome people think it coukd genuinely be a useful feature, just like you can rewind your TV or a live stream to go back. It should really be open source however to be auditable for anyone.
- irthomasthomas 2y agoOthers find value in forgetting.
- sanitycheck 2y agoJust in case you have "difficult" employees you want to intrusively monitor who insist on using Linux instead of Windows, of course!
- freilanzer 2y agoIf it's completely open, local, and trustworthy, I would definitely use it as a database of my activities. To query for and find something you didn't bother saving, for example, or combine it with RAG would be incredible. Since it's screenshotting everything - passwords, sensitive information, etc. - it can in practice never be trustworthy, though.
- Brian_K_White 2y agoEven the theoretical legitimate usage is just nothing I ever wanted, certainly not nearly enough to spend the cpu, disk, and attack surface on. The value is microscopic and the cost and risk are not. I can think of no value in a mass of ocr'd screen shots that is remotely worth the cpu and disk cost of generating them or the security risk of them merely existing anywhere, even if the code to do it was gpl. And the real problem is not me anyway. I use linux. But not one of my relatives I care about does. They are all going to have these terrible things. I can directly take care of a few of them but not most. Not to mention just everyone else everywhere.
- TiredOfLife 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifelog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifelog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyLifeBits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyLifeBits
- RicDan 2y agoThis is my personal opinion, but a big screenshot of Elon in the readme isn't doing you any favours.
- hnbad 2y agoA screenshot of one of his tweets no less. Yes, this is likely to leave a bad first impression for many people.
- whilenot-dev 2y agoI'm sorry to be that guy, but capturing screenshots is anything but "focused on privacy/security". It should be either: - browser only and semantically understand and hide sensitive information like password fields (or even all input fields) - or capture stuff from the display server and make it configurable which applications should be ignored (e.g. password manager), and even prompt with each newly opened window if the user wants to remember that session ...and that's just the basics, if we go into details I'm sure there's much more to it.
- WhackyIdeas 2y agoNo I won’t be installing your keylogger.