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“Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall


Even after its refurbishing, Recall provides few ways to exclude specific apps.

Signal users who want to disable the block—for instance to preserve a conversation for their records or make use of accessibility features for sight-impaired users—will have to change settings inside their desktop version to enable screenshots. As Ars Senior Technology Reporter Andrew Cunningham painstakingly documented a few weeks later, the refurbished Recall went to great lengths to correct some of the poorly thought-through designs in the first iteration. Dan Goodin is Senior Security Editor at Ars Technica, where he oversees coverage of malware, computer espionage, botnets, hardware hacking, encryption, and passwords.

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