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Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah, see, here's how I know I'm not scapegoating you and you also didn't read it.

The article clearly explains they WILL in fact encrypt it and require a passkey to access it once per session.

So yeah, no, my condescension is exactly about you. And others. But also you.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are you really this dense? The whole opt-in thing comes because Researchers found that Recall wasn't encrypting shit and there was already a tool out to scrape this data automatically (Totalrecall). That was what I mentioned there. Come on, you must be trolling now. This is just laughable. But so you can't be half-read my comments and make it fit your argument again, it's even in the bloody article:

    Microsoft’s changes to the way the database is stored and accessed come after cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont discovered that Microsoft’s AI-powered feature currently stores data in a database in plain text. That could have made it easy for malware authors to create tools that extract the database and its contents. Several tools have appeared in recent days, promising to exfiltrate Recall data.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Yes, I am aware. I read about that yesterday, and yes, I did read it again at the bottom of this piece. It was really bad.

    Which is presumably why, a couple of paragraphs above, they explain that:

    Microsoft will also require Windows Hello to enable Recall, so you’ll either authenticate with your face, fingerprint, or using a PIN. “In addition, proof of presence is also required to view your timeline and search in Recall,” says Davuluri, so someone won’t be able to start searching through your timeline without authenticating first.

    This authentication will also apply to the data protection around the snapshots that Recall creates. “We are adding additional layers of data protection including ‘just in time’ decryption protected by Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS) so Recall snapshots will only be decrypted and accessible when the user authenticates,” explains Davuluri. “In addition, we encrypted the search index database.”

    Here's the thing, it shouldn't take somebody calling you out on it on the Internet and engaging in a defensive back-and-forth driven by pride for you to actually read the thing. Commenting should be secondary to following the link and figuring out what's actually happening. But it's not. That is the part that pisses me off. Not the stupid feature that is still bad even without glaring security holes. Only partially the stupid rooting for commerical products like they're football teams. Fundamentally that our consumption patterns when it comes to information are broken and we think it only affects everybody else but not us.

    That part is terrifying and infuriating.

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