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That’s pretty much a completely different feature though? It creates local backups. It respects passwords and encryption. It doesn’t take periodical screenshots of what you’re doing and reads their content to feed an LLM.
I assumed the Copilot integration was elective. The article states it’s not on by default.
Otherwise it’s the same. Local backups through Time Machine can be accessed a la carte through a screenshot-based GUI, so the screenshots are part of the Local Snapshots stored on your local drive. They’re password protected and decrypted at user login.
Time Machine doesn’t use screenshots, it shows a folder at different states throughout time. The folders and files are fully interactive too. It’s much more akin to how git works.
Have you used it with an application? You can look at all revisions made to a document in Pages, a spreadsheet in Numbers, etc. It makes Local Snapshots of foreground applications.
https://support.apple.com/guide/pages/restore-an-earlier-version-of-a-document-tan7f1de6ec5/mac
That is an iterative backup of a file within a file system. It is not the same as periodic screenshots.
Recall is done with a local model. It’s not uploaded to the cloud.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy-and-control-over-your-recall-experience-d404f672-7647-41e5-886c-a3c59680af15
I just don’t believe them. And even if it works as described, they’ll change the terms quietly to screw you as soon as they need the next quarters line to go up. I’m tired of watching their every move to protect myself.
Linux is easier and more manageable than you think. Not to be the Lemmy stereotype...
I'm actually rather new to Linux, but my experience has been great and it feels amazing to be free of Microsoft bullshit (outside of my work laptop ugh)
Been using it as my daily driver for a couple months now. And even though my day job involves Microsoft servers and enterprise applications, I’ve become an anti Microsoft advocate when it comes to consumer OS stuff.
I don't believe them either. I watched the talk video, and there are some serious weasel words around local processing. Something like "the promise is this could be processed locally"
So not only is it training AI on your data, but you're the one paying for the storage and the energy to do so.
Well, that sounds like a one helluva bloatware
But Recall is recording screenshots, not data stored on disk. That's not the same as Apple's hourly data snapshot which is just a automated backup of what you have already stored. Recall will be recording the videos or images you watch, even when you don't keep them locally. It will store the things you decided not to save, and every time you have to open your password manager to check a password, or create a new one. It might be limited to your account, but that still means it's accessible to anyone who can figure out your password or access your unlocked PC behind your back. Or to that virus you accidentally downloaded, if it's not immediately detected.