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[–] 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Oh no who would have guessed that screenshoting and saving them unencrypted in an unprotected area in where confidential screenshots with passwords can be grabbed by any script kiddie.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    Even if we ignore the security issues (and we shouldn't) why the hell would I want my computer taking screenshots, writing that to disk and running OCR on the image, writing results to a database and creating correlations EVERY FEW SECONDS! That's a huge amount of bloat. I want my computer to be quick and responsive.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    It’s not like people deserve any sense of privacy, their passwords should be public knowledge.

    If you have done nothing wrong, you shouldn’t have anything to hide (said every authoritarian asshat ever)

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Correction: they are encrypted. Not well, but cut them some slack, it's a small startup.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No they arent. They are obfuscated at best. The images are just saved without .jpg extension, and slapping one behind is enough

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's encrypted, but at the same level as everything else the user has access to. So, if your computer is stolen and they can't log in, they can't access it.

    Basically, encrypted, just like any other user file.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think you forgot to mention if the hard drive is encrypted than your statement is true ( in the case for example bitlocker...) but if thats not the case then anyone can just force permissions for that drive and read and write anything.

    Bitlokcer would be default active on new windows 11 devices if they all had tpm 2.0 chips ( most of the windows 10 users dont have that featzre ) so bitlocker is out of that case.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    The drive is encrypted on W11, if you tamper with the install to allow non TPM requirement then I don't think you can blame anybody if there are consequences. You can install a random exe from the internet, give it admin rights too, that's also on you.

    This is a shit show already, no need to make things up to make it worse really.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago*

    Anyone who cared to pay attention knows that Microsoft has been reaping your data for years under the guise of “telemetry”, “product improvement” and the requirement of a Microsoft account just to set up a local operating system. This time they thought they could add the spying cloaked as a feature. Microsoft hasn’t had a clue when it comes to innovation or usefulness for two decades. It’s just a front for shareholders these days.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    I'm actually surprised nobody thought to say "Microsoft recalls Windows recall".

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Heh. No. They lost my trust years ago.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Sadly a lot of people can't just ditch windows due to various reasons out of there control. Microcrap is so good embedded with this society that they can do shit like this and not take a hit.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    It took Recall to wake them up? Holy shit.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To help anyone dealing with Ms crap -

    get Win10 LTSC. It gets updates 2x/year, has very minimal bloat. (Or Win11 LTSC if that's what you want).

    Then get O&O Shutup to reduce bloat even more.

    And you can permanently license it using Microsoft's own scripts.

    Scripts on Gituub.

    There are some tools to ensure Recall is fully un-installed and blocked. Group Policy will definitely prevent it from ever running, and LTSC is a Pro version, so Group Policy functions properly.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Just going linux is way easier

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    looks like they would need to conduct an actual windows recall, now.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Microsoft became the perfect scapegoat for any level zero anti cheat to point at.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'm a business owner. I use Linux at home but use windows at work as specialty software requires it. As things move more and more to docker and the like, windows is doomed. We already have an old PC in a high usage area, that does not need power. Its just for checking in on what's happening elsewhere in the building, mainly through cloud software. Its not suitable for windows 11. It will go lonix first. That will start a trickle.

    In imagine it will be similar elsewhere. Microsoft are no fools. They know that the is is dead as a concept. They are trying to monetise the is before its obsolete. If even a small portion of users stay, they win.

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