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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] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I mean, it could always have been compromised and had some kind of keylogger or something installed.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

But with Windows 11, you are sure it's compromised.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

That’s the Microsoft™️ Guarantee!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

To be fair the possibility of compromise was enough not to do it. Being sure of compromise doesn't change that math all that much.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but now it definitely does

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Not definitely, recall will be opt-in and only available on arm computers with a very specific ARM CPU