Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare
by concinds on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @06:37PM
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> It's not hard to predict that, sooner or later, Microsoft will want to send that information to be processed somewhere in the cloud
I really don't believe that. It reminds me of the hysteria about Windows 10 telemetry (remember when people called it a keylogger?). Putting it in the cloud would cause huge backlash and brand damage. But somehow they're getting that backlash despite not putting it in the cloud.
> absent explicit recording, we treat everything that's output to the screen and speakers as ephemeral
Computer forensics experts would like a word. Your past activity has never been private from "yourself". The added privacy risk here is highly marginal. If I steal someone's laptop, I can Rewind and see what was in a PowerPoint slide they opened 2 weeks ago. But that PowerPoint is almost certainly still on the local drive anyway, so that makes no difference.
Re:Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare
by skydhash on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @11:10PM
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You can also rewind and see their whole banking workflow. Or you can rewind and see that they like people of the same sex and that's a death penalty in some place, etc....
I really don't believe that. It reminds me of the hysteria about Windows 10 telemetry (remember when people called it a keylogger?). Putting it in the cloud would cause huge backlash and brand damage. But somehow they're getting that backlash despite not putting it in the cloud.
> absent explicit recording, we treat everything that's output to the screen and speakers as ephemeral
Computer forensics experts would like a word. Your past activity has never been private from "yourself". The added privacy risk here is highly marginal. If I steal someone's laptop, I can Rewind and see what was in a PowerPoint slide they opened 2 weeks ago. But that PowerPoint is almost certainly still on the local drive anyway, so that makes no difference.