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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by refulgentis on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @04:10PM (#40445781)
It's a built-in "feature" of the renderer/DRM they get "for free"

I used to work adjacent to screen capture at BigCo and advocated for enabling _some_ way to allow simple $STREAMING_VIDEO_PROVIDER screenshots. Turned out even with full source access and desire to prototype, you couldn't.

Air quotes mean "I hate this too", just posting to explain why the feature team would find ex. passwords capital H-hard versus DRM'd content.

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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by wnevets on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @04:24PM (#40445975)
> It's a built-in "feature" of the renderer/DRM they get "for free"

This even happens with the iPhone, try taking a screenshot of netflix

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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by AlexandrB on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @05:02PM (#40446506)
Sailing the high seas continues to have a better user experience than paying for content. I suspect most media DRM causes lots of annoyance for legitimate customers while barely impeding pirates.
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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by jasonfarnon on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @07:24PM (#40448136)
This is true, I don't even really know what this fuss is about or even what this "DRM" thing is except it's something the .nfo file says has been removed
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