Tbf I’m okay with a lot of this stuff as long as it stays local on your own PC and you have control over it. However I don’t trust MS to implement it in a way that doesn’t prioritise their profits over my privacy.

Soo glad I moved to Linux.

Windows has gone cuckoo-crazy and off the rails ever since 11 came out, and even more when Microsoft decided to cash in on AI.

Not defending M$, but this sounds pretty much like a browser history feature, but for your desktop. Since most people are using their browser for 90% of the tasks they perform on their computer, this probably won't phase them.

Still, if this feature hits my laptop, it's going to be disabled. I have never needed to know what specifically I was doing on my computer three weeks ago on Wednesday around 2pm.

What's the use case for something like this?

This feature sounds like something an employer would want to use, if they aren't already, to spy on their employees.

What a dangerous path we're walking down. All in service of a slightly better Clippy experience

In a few more years you got to pay monthly subscription and pay extra to not get recorded (later they find out it was recorded anyways). Same as with Amazon prime video with their subscription plus ads. Then they get a few millions as fine and move on.

To me this sounds like a feature to justify recording everything done on the PC in order to phone it back to Big MS.

This reminds me of the period when AAA game companies were trying to mandate persistent online connection as part of DRM, and looked specifically for game mechanics to justify it. It often didn't work, or worsened the game.

Great time to have 2 computers if you need windows!

I know every time this sort of thing happens, a good amount of people come over to Linux or jump on Mac, but I really do wonder where the line is for the vast majority of my friends who just keep plodding away moaning about this stuff. I've taken a lead yourself to water approach over recent years CBA anymore

This is the best summary I could come up with:

At a Build conference event on Monday, Microsoft revealed a new AI-powered feature called "Recall" for Copilot+ PCs that will allow Windows 11 users to search and retrieve their past activities on their PC.

To make it work, Recall records everything users do on their PC, including activities in apps, communications in live meetings, and websites visited for research.

By performing a Recall action, users can access a snapshot from a specific time period, providing context for the event or moment they are searching for.

For example, someone with access to your Windows account could potentially use Recall to see everything you've been doing recently on your PC, which might extend beyond the embarrassing implications of pornography viewing and actually threaten the lives of journalists or perceived enemies of the state.

Despite the privacy concerns, Microsoft says that the Recall index remains local and private on-device, encrypted in a way that is linked to a particular user's account.

To use Recall, users will need to purchase one of the new "Copilot Plus PCs" powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chips, which include the necessary neural processing unit (NPU).

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Great news, thanks!

I hope microsoft is happy seeing gigabytes of furry porn and loverslabs mods.