Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare

Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by addandsubtract on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @06:05PM (#40447263)

Now that every app is an electron app, you can just look for type="password".

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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by datenyan on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @06:23PM (#40447439)

God, the future really is stupid, isn't it?

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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by max51 on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @06:51PM (#40447748)

it's probably going to get worse. Now that we have normalized using 2GB of ram for a text chat app because it's a bit easier to code, I bet it's only a matter of time before they go one abstraction level higher and start emulating an entire OS.

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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by cyanydeez on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @07:51PM (#40448428)

I mean,, the snapdragon laptops are still emulations.

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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by goalieca on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:42PM (#40449400)

emacs does the entire OS thing in 8MB

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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by jwiz on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @10:26PM (#40449718)

Eight megs and constantly swapping

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Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare by leshenka on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @06:55PM (#40447797)

It’s not like Windows Forms didn’t have password inputs

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