Microsoft’s controversial Recall scraper is finally entering public preview

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/microsofts-controversial-recall-scraper-is-finally-entering-public-preview/

First Recall iteration never released, was picked apart by security researchers.

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Stiffneckedppl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Why do we need this?

We don’t need this.

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- hondaguy97386@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  We don’t… big corpo Microsoft does.
  
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- conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The idea is moderately appealing. I’ve definitely tried to find “that one thing that mentioned that other thing I saw 2 weeks ago” before.
  
  But outside of Facebook (and TikTok/tencent/whoever), Microsoft is right up there with companies I wouldn’t consider letting anywhere near it. And the complete absence of any concept of security in their first version would have completely disqualified it from being trustworthy even without their awful track record. You don’t do something, then “add security” and get acceptable results.
  
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kowcop@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I can’t wait to miss it

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Gretchen, stop trying to make “~~fetch~~Recall” happen. It’s not going to happen.

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OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Requires Microsoft Hello, which seems to be a biometric login, which as I understand it means that it is not covered under 5th amendment protections against self-incrimination. You can’t simply refuse to give up your fingerprint or facial recognition, and now cops just plainly have access to whatever your computer usage history is.

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- suzune@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  There are options not to install MS crap on your computer.
  
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  - OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Sure, I’m a Linux user.
    
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- DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Microsoft Hello can also be a PIN.
  
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  - OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    A PIN isn’t exactly high security…
    
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Microsoft has hatched a plan to make tons of money off of this.

How do I know? It is Microsoft. They don’t do anything unless they have planned it all out and run the math. Even with some PR hits it will still be a net positive in income.

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