TLDR:
Windows 11 v24H2 and beyond will have Recall installed on every system. Attempting to remove Recall will now break some file explorer features such as tabs.

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  • @affiliate
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    1703 months ago

    how the fuck could they have possibly done things in a way that makes explorer tabs depend on recall?

    if they can’t even separate out recall from the rest of the operating system then i have absolutely no faith it will be secure.

    • @[email protected]
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      953 months ago

      It’s so you can’t rip Recall out without ruining Explorer, and possibly other things

      • @Valmond
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        3 months ago

        Internet explorer did similar things, try to remove it and the OS would just crash.

        Edit: just remembered it also had direct memory access to make it faster (well, less slow) which was so insanely unsecure on so many levels.

        • @[email protected]
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          403 months ago

          A browser, which is like the prime attack vector for malware and other nasty stuff, having direct memory access is so hilarious in hindsight

          These days you try to sandbox everything as much as possible in the browser since the internet is like the least trusted environment there is

        • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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          43 months ago

          it also had direct memory access to make it faster

          WHAT?!! That’s a special level of wbject disregard for security.

    • @[email protected]
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      213 months ago

      how the fuck could they have possibly done things in a way that makes explorer tabs depend on recall?

      It’s very clearly an intentional move to keep it installed.