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Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security problems (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Spotlight7573 to c/technology
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the company says that Recall will be opt-in by default, so users will need to decide to turn it on

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sounds more like a way to push Microsoft accounts and Windows Hello than consumer oriented.

[–] Spotlight7573 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Microsoft accounts are already required (without resorting to increasingly convoluted methods) and I think the hardware for Hello might be too now for OEM built computers, I'm not sure.

[–] Evilcoleslaw 6 points 6 months ago

I mean, technically Windows Hello also includes signing in with a PIN or passkey. It doesn't require biometrics, although it does support them.