If you thought that Microsoft was done with Recall after its catastrophic reveal as the main feature of Copilot+ PCs, you are mistaken.

Microsoft wants to bring it back this October 2024. Good news is that the company plans to introduce it in test builds of the Windows 11 operating system in October. In other words: do not expect the feature to hit stable Windows 11 PCs before 2025 at the earliest.

While Recall may have sounded great on paper and on work-related PCs, users and experts alike expressed concern. Users expressed fears that malware could steal Recall data to know exactly what they did in the past couple of months.

Others did not trust Microsoft to keep the data secure. We suggested to make Recall opt-in, instead of opt-out, to make sure that users knew what they were getting into when enabling it.

Microsoft pulled the Recall feature shortly after its announcement and published information about its future in June. There, Microsoft said that it would make Recall opt-in by default. It also wanted to improve security by enrolling in Windows Hello and other features.

    • @pyre
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      4 months ago

      proving my point. Linux users are worse than Mac users in this aspect. but keep wondering why Linux barely finding 4% market share is big news.

      • @aodhsishaj
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        14 months ago

        Nobody cares what OS anybody runs except for people that are selling OS’s.

        Linux is nice and private and as complicated as you’d like to make it.

        Linux is also the main operating system of “the cloud”

        Thus that’s the thrust of my joke.

        But yeah, rah rah Big Corp important to my personal identity! I am EXACTLY the strawman you need for your argument. Tell me more about my motivations and concerns.

        • @pyre
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          04 months ago

          funny you mention strawman literally in the middle of your strawman argument. is that lampshade hanging?

            • @pyre
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              -14 months ago

              you’re right, i shouldn’t.