Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed 'privacy nightmare'

Re:Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed 'privacy ni... by add-sub-mul-div on Saturday April 12, 2025 @05:46PM (#43668172)

Are we really going to fall for this outrage bait over a feature you don't have to use?

I have my own thing that captures all text that has ever come across any of my terminal sessions and it's been invaluable.

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Re:Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed 'privacy ni... by WalterGR on Saturday April 12, 2025 @05:48PM (#43668183)

Yes:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43660914

“That groan you hear is users' reaction to Recall going back into Windows” (arstechnica.com)

100 points | cratermoon | 18 hours ago | 106 comments

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Re:Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed 'privacy ni... by unsnap_biceps on Sunday April 13, 2025 @12:34AM (#43670122)

Microsoft has a history of making opt in features silently opt out during updates. I wouldn't mind except they've lost my trust with how the manage features.

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Re:Microsoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed 'privacy ni... by soupfordummies on Sunday April 13, 2025 @12:52PM (#43674125)

Yeah, I agree that such a feature definitely does have its uses.

HOWEVER... that is a feature that you specifically purposely chose and then made active on your machine. That's NOT a feature that your OS pushed on you over and over and all you had to do was not remember to turn it off every month when it re-enabled itself. Because that's how Windows features like this have been implemented for the last several years.

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