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Microsoft Tries To Address Privacy Backlash Over New Windows 11 ‘Recall’ Feature
Back in May, Microsoft announced that it was bringing a new feature to Windows 11 dubbed “Recall.” According to Microsoft’s explanation of Recall, the “AI” powered tec…
The idea is that you can use AI to help you dig through your computer use to remember past events (helping you find that restaurant your friend texted you about, or remember that story about cybernetic hamsters that so captivated you two weeks ago). A lot of the detailed analysis on this illustrated that privacy most assuredly wasn’t anywhere near the forefront of Microsoft’s thinking as this was being developed. So Microsoft is now taking additional steps to try and address concerns, including making the new service opt-in only, and tethering access to encrypted Recall information to the PIN or biometric login restrictions of Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security.
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