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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  • @[email protected]
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    952 months ago

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

    • @Valmond
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      2 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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        402 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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        42 months ago

        it also had direct memory access to make it faster

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