Microsoft is relaunching its AI-powered Recall feature, which records everything you do on your PC by constantly taking screenshots.
  • In December, an investigation by Tom’s Hardware found that Recall frequently captured sensitive information in its screenshots, including credit card numbers and Social Security numbers — even though its “filter sensitive information” setting was supposed to prevent that from happening.
  • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
    624·
    2 hours ago

    I don’t understand why Lemmy is so obsessed with Recall. It currently only works if you have an ARM CPU with an NPU. Nearly every Windows user is on an x86-64 chip.

    Yes I agree that it shouldn’t exist in Windows at all, but everyone is complaining about a feature that less than 1% of users even have access to; the amount of people who opt into using is going to be even smaller.

    Stop obsessing over it so much and find something different to hate on Microsoft over. God knows there’s plenty of other reasons to dislike them. Seriously, it’s so annoying. I’m about to set a filter for the word “recall”.

      • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
        17·
        48 minutes ago

        *sigh* you’re not wrong but the constant posts are annoying.

      • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
        313·
        2 hours ago

        And how many people have the latest CPU? Most Lemmy users don’t even have an HDR monitor—tech that’s been mainstream for over a decade at this point—let alone the latest and greatest processor.

        • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orgEnglish
          8·
          40 minutes ago

          So it’s just a matter of time then? When can we complain? A year from now? Two years? Do we have to wait for the next garbage thing Microsoft does? Hey, why don’t you just tell us exactly when it’s okay for us to complain? We bow to you oh great one. We live by your command.

          • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
            28·
            32 minutes ago

            About time someone recognized my authority; thank you.

            Let’s wait until the average user has an NPU before we start complaining again, okay? If that doesn’t work for everyone, let’s have a meeting in my palace tomorrow afternoon to decide on a date, and if I’m in a good mood, I’ll allow it.

    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
      210·
      43 minutes ago

      Not to mention it’s optional, entirely on device, and secure.

      Let’s be honest, most of Lemmy users complaining about it are on Linux or a Chromebook anyway. They can’t use it even if they wanted to.